Find Academics
Identify the right academic collaborator for
every funding opportunity – instantly.
Find Academics, a value‑added module within Idox ResearchConnect, uses AI and global publication data to help university funding teams quickly identify the most relevant academic experts for every funding call.
What is Find Academics?
Find Academics helps research support staff pinpoint aligned, credible researchers based on their publication history. Using AI‑driven analysis of OpenAlex, the world’s largest open-source database of academic research, it highlights the most relevant and prolific academics for any topic.
Idox configures the tool to your institution and your partner institutions, mapping every result to your own research community to ensure confident, seamless collaboration.
Why Find Academics?
- Fast, accurate expert matching: Instantly find researchers whose publications align with the subject of a funding call.
- Stronger bid quality: Identify academics with proven, relevant publication records to enhance the strength of applications.
- Better internal collaboration: Search results link directly to your institution’s researchers across faculties and research units.
- Less admin, more strategy: Eliminate manual searching across profiles, directories, and journal databases.
- Support for varied levels of expertise: Use experience filters to find senior researchers or early‑career academics eager to build funding experience.
How It Works
- AI-powered search returns researchers whose publications match the topic of a funding call. Academics expressing an interest in a given call and returned by the algorithm are badged accordingly.
- Data from OpenAlex and ORCID ensures results are credible, relevant, and up‑to‑date.
- Relevance and publication volume ranking highlights the most active and influential academics.
- Experience filtering helps you target senior experts or emerging researchers depending on project needs.
- Find Academics Pro enables super users to discover potential collaborators from multiple sectors across the globe.