Find who's working on your problem
Matched against 500,000+ researcher profiles
Free account, no card, and what you paste stays private. Your matches open as soon as you're in.
Describe your problem and get the researchers whose published papers, patents, and funded work come closest to it, matched against 500,000+ profiles. Then run the partnership in one workspace both sides can see.
Your searches are private. The researchers you find don’t see what you paste, and we don’t sell your data or use it to train AI models. How we handle data
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Real results for a solid-state battery search
Three closest matches to an example search from the Helikon platform. Names and initials are hidden here, not in the app.
Every search runs on the public research record
We assemble the scientific, patent, and funding record into the Helikon Research Graph, and match on what people have actually done, not on what they say about themselves.
01 Sources
Open scholarly, patent, and funding data
OpenAlex, USPTO patents, the Research Organization Registry (ROR), Grants.gov, SAM.gov, and funder award databases.
02 Helikon Research Graph
500,000+ researchers, linked to their work
34 million publications, 3.3 million U.S. patents granted since 1976 that name researchers in the Helikon Graph as inventors, and 15 million citations from patents to papers. Inventors are linked to paper authors by our own two-stage machine-learning system.
03 Matching
Matched on the record, with the evidence shown
Partner search, dashboard suggestions, and project recommendations match researchers on their publications, patents, bio, and keywords, closest matches first, and funding matches compare open calls with your profile. Every search result shows its match score and the record it matched on, and the partners suggested from your profile show their full score breakdown, on every plan.
04 Your workspace
Profiles, projects, and the people you work with
Claim your researcher profile and add a bio, expertise keywords, the facilities you have access to, and your collaboration preferences. Then set up and manage your next project in a dedicated workspace.
A real record
One U.S. patent, as the Helikon Graph holds it
Its owner and inventors, linked to their research profiles where they’re in the Helikon Graph, and the scientific papers it cites. Every search matches people on records like this one.
A real analysis
Then see whether a match is worth a call
An AI collaboration analysis tells you whether a match is worth a call: where your work complements theirs, what each side brings, and how you could work together.
R&D collaborations shouldn't need a dozen different tools
When our founder surveyed faculty at five R1 universities about the tools behind their industry collaborations, they named databases, email, spreadsheets, and shared drives. For proposals, negotiation, and project management, the most common answer was none. Helikon replaces the patchwork with one place both sides can see.
01 Discovery
Today
- Literature databases
- Patent search
- Conferences
In Helikon:
Helikon Research Graph
Researchers, papers, patents, and funding in one search
02 Matching
Today
- Personal connections
- Professional networks
- CRM
In Helikon:
Partner search
Closest matches, with the evidence
03 Formation
Today
- Email and documents
- Spreadsheet trackers
In Helikon:
Partnership Pipeline
First contact to signed agreement
Pro and above
04 Project management
Today
- Spreadsheets
- Shared drives
In Helikon:
Project workspace
Milestones, files, meetings, and compliance
05 Analytics
Today
- Slide decks
- Portfolio software
In Helikon:
Portfolio analytics
Across every partnership
Team and Institutional
Agreements are still negotiated and signed through each institution’s usual process. Helikon is where the people involved see where each one stands.
The 84-second tour
Preview the platform before you sign up
Watch the 84-second tour
What the video shows (text version)
Five research challenges (grid-scale energy storage, antimicrobial resistance, chemically recyclable plastics, PFAS-free materials, biomanufactured chemicals) that no single lab or company will solve alone. Most innovation starts outside the company, yet 99% of business R&D funding stays inside it (McKinsey & Company, 2017, and National Science Board, 2024).
Today every stage of a collaboration runs on a different tool, or none at all (Flowers and Roadman, 2024). The platform: describe a problem and get the researchers whose work matches it, from 546,000+ researcher profiles drawn from 34 million publications and 3.3 million U.S. patents (the figures shown on screen, measured August 2026), open federal funding calls matched to your profile, a Partnership Pipeline from first contact to signed agreement (Pro), and one project workspace both sides can see.
Find partners and funding, and run the research in one place
One workspace for academic and corporate researchers, from the first search to a signed, well-run collaboration.
Map a technology area
Search researchers, organizations, publications, and patents in one place, with faceted filters, search that matches on meaning as well as keywords, and rich profile pages for every researcher and organization.
Find a research partner from an abstract
Paste an abstract or describe a problem and get the researchers and organizations whose work fits, each with a match score and the record it matched on. An AI collaboration analysis then tells you whether a match is worth a call: where your work complements theirs, what each side brings, and how you could work together.
Be found, and get matched back
Your dashboard surfaces partner, project, and funding matches drawn from your profile, each with explainable sub-scores for expertise overlap, recency, and impact.
Funding matched to your research
Browse and filter live federal funding opportunities, or get the open calls that best match your research profile.
Manage an R&D collaboration project
Run projects with milestone tracking, file sharing, and threaded messaging, and record NDA, IRB, and contract status on each project. The Partnership Pipeline board for your deal flow is on Pro and above.
Message and meet
Reach collaborators in-app and schedule meetings with calendar invites emailed to every participant. No separate scheduling tool to wire up.
What you can do with Helikon
Pick your role to see the jobs people like you bring to the platform, each with a step-by-step walkthrough.
Who you are
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Find a research partner from an abstract or a problem statement
Paste what you're working on. Get the closest-matching researchers, each with a match score and the record it matched on, saved as a shortlist you can reopen.
Read the walkthrough →Find the right expert inside your own organization
Filter the whole research record by your organization, including people who haven't signed up, and staff the proposal from a list instead of a memory.
Read the walkthrough →Find your next advisor, lab, or research group
Compare groups by what they've published, patented, and been funded to do, and see who has said they're open to mentoring.
Read the walkthrough →Staff a funded project: co-investigators, subcontractors, and facilities
Post the work with the expertise it needs, read the recommended researchers, and bring people in with roles. See what facilities a partner can offer.
Read the walkthrough →Map a technology area: who publishes, who patents, who's funded, and what innovation builds on
Walk from a CPC subclass to the patents, the papers they build on, the people behind both, and the companies that own them.
Read the walkthrough →Get funding opportunities matched to your research
Open US federal calls matched to your profile, a browse by agency and deadline, and the award histories of the people in your area.
Read the walkthrough →See who's working on your technology
Each page counts the researchers, publications, and U.S. patents the Helikon Research Graph holds on one technology, shows who's working on it, and gives you a problem statement to run in Partner Search.
Additive manufacturingCPC B33Y · B22F61,000+ researchers
Drug deliveryCPC A61K · A61M55,000+ researchers
Biomaterials and tissue engineeringCPC A61L · A61F51,000+ researchers
Antimicrobial resistanceCPC A61P · A61K48,000+ researchers
AI and computational drug discoveryCPC G16C · G16B45,000+ researchers
Fuel cellsCPC H01M37,000+ researchers
Solar cellsCPC H10K · H10F34,000+ researchers
BiomanufacturingCPC C12M · C12N32,000+ researchers
Energy storageCPC H01M · H01G25,000+ researchers
RoboticsCPC B25J · G05B22,000+ researchers
Also: Separation membranes · Industrial AI and digital twins · Power electronics and wide-bandgap devices · Autonomous vehicles · Carbon capture and conversion · Bio-based materials and renewable feedstocks · Clean hydrogen · Semiconductor fab and packaging · Coatings and adhesives · PFAS detection and replacement · Chemically recyclable plastics · Cell and gene therapy manufacturing
Free is permanent. Paid plans add scale.
Start on Free with unlimited searches and a match score on every result. Move to Pro for more matches and the Partnership Pipeline, and to Team or Institutional when a group needs shared analytics.
Free
$0 Permanent, no card
- Search researchers, papers, patents, and funding
- Unlimited
- Partner searches from an abstract
- Unlimited
- Suggested partners on your dashboard
- 4 a week
- AI collaboration analyses
- 10 a month
- Funding calls matched to you
- Top 3
- Active projects
- 2
- Private searches and saved lists
- Invite-only projects
- CSV export of saved lists
- Partnership Pipeline
- Analytics
Pro
$29 a month, or save 30% yearly
- Search researchers, papers, patents, and funding
- Unlimited
- Partner searches from an abstract
- Unlimited
- Suggested partners on your dashboard
- 12 a week
- AI collaboration analyses
- Unlimited
- Funding calls matched to you
- Every open call
- Active projects
- 10
- Private searches and saved lists
- Invite-only projects
- CSV export of saved lists
- Partnership Pipeline
- Personal
- Analytics
Team
$19 a seat a month, 5 to 25 seats
- Search researchers, papers, patents, and funding
- Unlimited
- Partner searches from an abstract
- Unlimited
- Suggested partners on your dashboard
- 12 a week
- AI collaboration analyses
- Unlimited
- Funding calls matched to you
- Every open call
- Active projects
- Unlimited
- Private searches and saved lists
- Invite-only projects
- CSV export of saved lists
- Partnership Pipeline
- Shared
- Analytics
- Team dashboard
Institutional
Custom From 25 seats, set up with us
- Search researchers, papers, patents, and funding
- Unlimited
- Partner searches from an abstract
- Unlimited
- Suggested partners on your dashboard
- 12 a week
- AI collaboration analyses
- Unlimited
- Funding calls matched to you
- Every open call
- Active projects
- Unlimited
- Private searches and saved lists
- Invite-only projects
- CSV export of saved lists
- Partnership Pipeline
- Shared
- Analytics
- Institution and compliance
Searches and saved lists are private on every plan. On Free, other members can find your projects and see each one’s summary and team, while milestones, budgets, messages, and files stay with the people on it. On Pro and above, a project can be invite-only.
The Helikon Method
Four questions every R&D collaboration has to answer
Our founder built the Helikon Method from research on why university and industry collaborations succeed or stall. The platform gives each question a place to get answered.
- 01Match
Who should we work with?
Find the right partner, technology, and funding for the problem in front of you.
- 02Unite
What are we agreeing to?
Settle scope, roles, and timeline, send the agreement through each side's contracts office, and keep its status on the project.
- 03Steward
Is it on track?
Run the work where both sides can see it, with owners and dates on every milestone.
- 04Evaluate
Was it worth it, and what comes next?
Measure what the collaboration produced, and decide whether to extend it, change it, or close it.
Built on our own research
“Catalyzing Strategic Partnerships: Digital Transformation of University–Industry Collaborations for Synchronized Innovation”
Flowers & Roadman (2024). R&D Management Conference, Stockholm. Andrew Flowers, Helikon Labs’ founder, led the study, including a survey of faculty at five R1 universities.
The Helikon Method is the framework the paper describes, and the platform is its working form.
Ready to find your next research partner?
Free includes unlimited searches, a match score on every result, and 4 suggested partners on your dashboard each week. Pro adds more suggestions and the Partnership Pipeline.
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