Community Forum – How do you build and maintain a database to track your organization’s university engagements?

Resource Type
Survey (Community Forum)
Publish Date
04/17/2026
Author
Innovation Research Interchange
Topic
Tools and Techniques
Associated Event
Publication

A: How do you build and maintain a database to track your organization’s university engagements?

Please find below the responses to this week’s IRI Community Forum Survey. Thank you to those who took the time to add their input! 

From an IRI member: We are looking to understand how companies are building and maintaining university engagement databases for innovation. Your input will help us understand what tools are most relied on, how to leverage automation and AI in this process, and what challenges to expect. 

Responses are below.

Community Responses

Other:

  • Different lists for different types of engagement

Other:

  • Multiple tools; some off the shelf and some customized

Other:

  • In university data available, timing, and operating methods.