Dimensions is excited to announce the launch of the Dimensions Industry Partnerships dashboard designed to help universities elevate their industry engagement and research commercialization strategies.

Built on the robust foundation of the Dimensions, the world’s largest interconnected research database, this purpose-built tool provides intuitive visualizations and unique metrics like “corporate proximity” to uncover real signals of past industry engagement. It empowers innovation, tech transfer, and economic development teams to move beyond fragmented systems and manual data-gathering by offering fast, actionable insights in one easy-to-use interface.

Key benefits for universities:

  • Identify top researchers by topic and industry collaboration.
  • Discover corporate partners citing or collaborating on institutional research.
  • Benchmark institutional strengths against peer organizations.
  • Support strategic hiring, licensing, and outreach with validated, continuously updated data.

Designed for non-technical users

With its interactive dashboards, searchable collaboration histories, and benchmarking capabilities, the platform allows non-technical users—from licensing associates to corporate relations leaders—to make data-informed decisions with confidence. This includes identifying faculty with proven industry engagement, surfacing potential SBIR or licensing candidates, and evaluating IP activity and funding patterns—all without needing to wrangle disconnected spreadsheets.

University-industry collaboration is a cornerstone of innovation and economic development. Dimensions Industry Partnerships simplifies and accelerates this work, helping universities build stronger, more strategic relationships with corporate partners. It acts as a matchmaker, connecting researchers and companies with shared interests and complementary strengths.

For institutions ready to transform research insight into innovation impact, this dashboard offers a unique opportunity to drive smarter, faster engagement.

For more information, see the related press release and visit the Dimensions Industry Partnerships webpage