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CONNECT. CREATE. ADVANCE.

The ORAIA
collaboration network

Find projects, connect expertise and develop research across centres.

Explore the benefits
Illustration of connections between research centres across the UK

01 / FIND A PROJECT

Find a project
that needs you.

Explore research opportunities and find teams looking for the skills you can offer. Read the question, the work so far and where you could contribute.

  • By expertise

    Find projects that need your particular skills.

  • By project stage

    See where your contribution fits into the work.

  • By location

    Explore opportunities at other centres.

02 / FIND EXPERTISE

Bring the right skills
into your study.

Share a clear project brief and describe the help you need. Explore the member directory by expertise and location, and build a team with complementary experience.

03 / WORK ACROSS CENTRES

Take your study
beyond one centre.

Bring clinical and technical teams together. Develop a model with the right expertise, then collaborate with another centre to evaluate it independently.

  1. UCL

    The clinical question

    Define the problem and the outcomes that matter.

  2. Surrey

    Machine learning

    Contribute methods and model development.

  3. Edinburgh

    External validation

    Test the model in an independent setting.

An illustrative collaboration, not a statement of existing institutional partnerships.

A clear route into collaboration.

  1. 01

    Share a brief

    Describe your question and the help you need.

  2. 02

    ORAIA reviews it

    Suitable briefs become visible to members.

  3. 03

    Offer a contribution

    Members explain how they could help.

  4. 04

    Agree the role

    The project lead reviews and accepts collaborators.

Bring your question. Offer your expertise.

Explore the network or apply to join.

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Network access requires approved membership. Research ethics and data approvals remain with the participating institutions.