A practical community for institutions building stronger industry partnerships.
For institutions where sponsored research is just one touchpoint for industry engagement, PAN strengthens your partnership modes—workforce development, contracted services, philanthropy, ecosystem collaboration, research, and other strategies—that create value for both industry and higher ed, from community colleges through R2.
Learn from peers facing similar challenges.
PAN connects professionals in engagement roles with peers, industry perspectives, and practical resources to strengthen university-industry engagement—for research and beyond. PAN brings together institutions navigating many of the same opportunities and constraints—from limited staffing and resources to growing employer and research engagement goals.
Access practical partnership insights.
Subscribers gain access to structured monthly town hall discussions with a diverse college community, real-world examples, and curated resources designed to support partnership development and institutional growth.
Build meaningful connections.
PAN creates opportunities to connect with colleagues across higher education and industry through town halls, a community forum, and annual in-person learning events.
Participate in conversations that matter.
Subscribers help shape discussion topics, emerging areas of focus, and community priorities to ensure programming remains relevant and actionable.
Institutions are increasingly engaging industry to support workforce development, talent pipelines, philanthropy, innovation, student success, research, and regional growth.
Enter the Partnership Advantage Network (PAN), a new professional community for institutions with strong teaching missions that seek to strengthen corporate engagement across the institution—for research and beyond. Connectors across your entire institution can participate.
Subscribing organizations will gain access to:
- Monthly town halls featuring practical approaches and insight (often by industry leaders) on engagement strategy, plus time for peer discussion and idea exchange
- Curated quarterly newsletters with practical examples, proven practices, resources for external engagement, and partnership trends
- An online community forum and FAQ hub to exchange ideas, solve common challenges, and learn from peer experiences
- An annual in-person workshop focused on networking, collaboration, and shared learning with peers and industry leaders that also includes a toolkit for driving industry engagement
Partnership Advantage Network Town Halls
Join us for upcoming PAN Town Halls. Town halls are for PAN subscribers and non-subscribers. There is no fee, but registration is required and subject to approval.
Effective Strategies to Expand External Funding
Thursday, October 22, 2026 1-2 p.m. ET
Aspiring research institutions both face challenges and enjoy opportunities to expand external funding portfolios. This presentation will explore a range of activities and resources institutions can utilize to incentivize and support faculty to develop, write, and submit grant proposals. Even at institutions with limited resources and high teaching loads, small investments can spark grant-seeking activity and improve the culture for research, collaborative partnerships, and proposal submission. Attendees will learn practical,actionable strategies for implementing proposal writing activities, tapping internal resources to incentivize proposal submission, and understanding the range and utility of external resources to support external funding expansion.
Annual Network Subscription Fee $2,400 | Institutional Access
for You and Your Colleagues
The annual subscription fee provides access for anyone at your institution to participate in the town halls, newsletter, and the forum.
Not Ready to Subscribe?
Sign up for trial access to the town halls and newsletters with no payment due until Jan. 1, 2027.
Questions?
Subscription to the Partnership Advantage Network does not constitute membership in UIDP,
nor does it allow access to UIDP’s full resource library.