What is Open Research Network?

Open Research Network is a two-sided marketplace that connects industry with research. Companies post research briefs and R&D challenges, while researchers and research teams showcase their projects and expertise for industry uptake.

How does Open Research Network work for companies?

Companies create a profile and post a research brief describing their challenge or R&D need. Researchers on the platform can then respond, connect, and propose how they can help. It is free to browse and explore the network.

How does Open Research Network work for researchers?

Researchers create a profile, showcase their current and past projects, and make their expertise visible to companies actively seeking research partners. You can also browse and respond to industry research briefs posted on the platform.

What industries does Open Research Network serve?

Open Research Network is sector-agnostic. We connect industry and research across technology, health and biotech, energy and cleantech, manufacturing, finance, and every other sector. If your organisation has a research need, we can help you find the right partner.

How is Open Research Network different from LinkedIn or ResearchGate?

Unlike LinkedIn, ORN is purpose-built for industry-research collaboration — not general networking. Unlike ResearchGate, ORN serves industry as a first-class user, allowing companies to post briefs and actively find research partners, not just browse academic papers.

Is Open Research Network free to join?

You can join and browse the network for free. Visit the platform for current details on posting research briefs and premium features.

What is Open Research Network?

Open Research Network manages 5 data types including cms pages. Helps you organize, track, and share your work in 1 place for teams and solo users.

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Harrington University

MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Imperial College London

Stanford University

University of Oxford

Harvard University

University of Cambridge

National University of Singapore (NUS)

ETH Zurich

University of Pennsylvania

UC Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

Yale University

University of Tokyo

University of Toronto

Tsinghua University

University of Melbourne

Cornell University

UC San Diego

University of California San Diego

Northwestern University

University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

University of Hong Kong

University of Sydney

University of British Columbia

University of Chicago

Peking University

Seoul National University

Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore)

Columbia University

Princeton University

EPFL

University of Edinburgh

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of Queensland

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

University of Manchester

KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

McGill University

Fudan University

King's College London

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Australian National University

University of Zurich

University of Amsterdam

Delft University of Technology

Duke University

Osaka University

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Kyoto University

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Johns Hopkins University

University of Texas at Austin

University of Washington

University College London (UCL)

Zhejiang University

New York University (NYU)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Warwick

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yonsei University

Pennsylvania State University

University of Bristol

Technical University of Munich

Korea University

University of Nottingham

Purdue University

KU Leuven

University of Auckland

Georgia Institute of Technology

University of Glasgow

Universiti Malaya (UM)

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

LMU Munich