Create public or targeted network calls

Overview

With Connect Enterprise, you can publish your own network call.

This article outlines, based on Inpart’s experience hosting campaigns, how to structure your network call to achieve the best results. Once drafted, your network call will be sent to Inpart for approval, after which you can launch it.

Public vs targeted network calls

The Call & Campaign feature in Connect Enterprise allows you to create and publish network calls to:

• The entire Connect network: public network calls.
• Your private networks: targeted network calls.

Plan availability: Connect Enterprise
Required user role: Manager

Premium campaigns

Need help setting up your campaign? Choose Inpart's Premium Campaign Service.

Inpart doesn't assist with drafting your network call topic; we only review your document for completeness and advise on any best practices where needed.

If you’d like to launch a campaign supported by Inpart’s in-house experts, speak to your Account Manager about Premium Campaigns. In Premium Campaigns, our team will work with you to create your campaign document and perform dedicated research and outreach for you. We liaise with potential submitters throughout and pre-filter submissions to ensure a higher quantity and quality.

Plan availability: Connect Enterprise with the Premium Campaign service
Required user role: Manager

Create network calls

Open the navigation bar and click My Calls & Campaigns.

You will land on the My Calls & Campaigns page, where you can view the list of all your network calls and campaigns, with their status, submissions, and other details.

Click Create new network call.

Complete the required fields:

• Title: The title that will be displayed to other users.
• Header Image: The image that will be displayed as the network call header.
• Supported submission types: Choose one or several types of submissions you wish to receive.
• Essential information: Upload any relevant files or documents to support your network call.
• Details: The main body of the network call text describing the call and its purpose.
• Summary: A short version of your network call description. This may appear in specific areas of the platform and in automated newsletters.
• Points of contact: Add users from your team who should receive notifications about submissions and network call activity.

• Notifications & visibility: Click Make network call anonymous to hide your organization's name in the call. However, you can enter a generic description to explain what your organisation does.

  

Check out our best practices to optimize the creation of your network call.

Submit for review

Once your network call details are complete, click Save, then Send for review.

Inpart's in-house experts will review your network call to ensure it meets best practices and achieves good results. Your Account Manager will contact you if any optimizations are recommended.

Publish the network call

Once your network call passes the review, the status will update to Inpart Approved.

Click Edit to open the network call and Publish to make it live.

A pop-up will open. Select the closing date. This will determine when the network call will stop appearing to submitter users.

Finally, click Publish.

Export network calls as a PDF

If you need to share your network call with colleagues who do not have access to Connect Enterprise, you can export it as a PDF.

Click View PDF to generate and download your network call as a document.

Delete network calls

Only network calls with a draft status can be deleted.

Open the network call and click Delete. A confirmation pop-up will open, click Delete.

Best practices for network call creation

What to include in your network-call one-pager?

• An introduction about your company - this can include a link to the company website or any other additional information.
• An overview of your interests – a summary of your interests in the given topic area, and the problem you hope to find solutions to. It’s helpful to include the intended application for the solutions you source (E.g., the specific therapeutic area(s)).
• Specific approaches of interest – preferred drug modalities or material/chemistries, processes or techniques.
• What’s out of scope – any modalities or approaches you’re not interested in.
• Stages of development – which clinical stage of development or TRLs are you open to? Should any specific validation be achieved? (E.g., proof of concept achieved, or in vivo validated.)
• Submission criteria – what should submitters include? E.g., specific data you’d like to see, publications, or patent information. Remember that initially, non-confidential submissions are encouraged.
• Incentives for potential partners to submit – what's on offer? E.g., funded collaborations, in-licensing. This is particularly important if there is a submission form to fill out too (see next question), to justify the effort to engage vs. the potential reward.
• Are there any restrictions that would make you unable to partner (E.g., specific regions, types of organisation)?

Overall, the network call interests should be detailed but concise, no longer than one page.

Should I attach any files? 

This is not mandatory; however, you can attach any relevant files that you’d like potential submitters to see. E.g., further information about the network call interests in a document or slide deck, or a blank submission form that you’d like submitters to complete (this is not made mandatory for submitters).

Which opportunity types should you seek?

Depending on your interests, you can choose to accept one or more of the following opportunity types: 

• Academic experts: a research expert or key opinion leader in a given field.
• Biotech assets: an asset or technology owned by a private biotechnology or biopharma company.
• Centres of Excellence: a research group, unit, or department focused on a specific research topic or field.
• Research projects: an ongoing research project with aims and objectives.
• Spin-out and startup companies: small companies, including those formed based on the intellectual property generated from university research.
• Technologies: a piece of intellectual property (IP), generated by a researcher and belonging to a university or research institute.

Generally, we recommend keeping network calls open to all opportunity types, unless there are any that are out of scope for your needs.

How long should your network call be live for?

The optimal network call time is 6-8 weeks, based on Inpart’s experience of successful network calls. This allows academics enough time to engage meaningfully and provide high-quality submissions.

If there is a topic you have a long-term interest in and are happy to receive ad-hoc submissions outside of a network call, this can be highlighted on your Gallery page, and users are encouraged to submit to your Open Call.

Which networks should I target?

To maximize submissions, it’s normally best to target Inpart’s entire Connect network. However, if you have a commercially sensitive subject, or would like to target a specific contact list or network you have, you can push a network call specifically to that group, and only they can respond.

Who should be the network call point of contact?

This user will receive notifications of inbound submissions and should lead the review of opportunities.

How many network calls should I run?

There’s no limit; however, network calls should be distinct from each other, so that potential partners can meaningfully engage. It’s also helpful to leave time between re-running a network call on the same/similar topic, to allow time for new research to develop.

When should I review submissions?

Submissions can be reviewed as soon as they arrive. When submitting, Connect users are advised to expect decisions to be finalized one month after the network call deadline – so it’s good practice to review all submissions within this timeframe.