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.

