AIRON works with selected organisations that share our commitment to building practical, future-ready capability in research operations. Through strategic partnership and sponsorship, we extend the reach of AIRON Academy offers, support shared learning, and help research-supporting professionals and organisations navigate AI with greater confidence and responsibility.

Why work with AIRON?

AIRON sits at the intersection of:

• research operations
• higher education and research support
• AI capability-building
• cross-institution learning
• responsible and ethical AI adoption.

Our work is grounded in practical value, community insight, and the belief that meaningful AI adoption must be shaped by the people closest to research support.

By working with AIRON, partners and sponsors help strengthen professional capability, responsible innovation, and shared learning across the global research ecosystem.

Strategic Partners

AIRON works with selected Strategic Partners who help extend AIRON Academy offers across the research ecosystem through aligned distribution, co-delivery, and capability-building collaboration.

These partnerships are designed for organisations that want to bring AIRON learning offers to their communities, networks, or client base in ways that align with AIRON’s mission and values.

Strategic Partners may work with AIRON to:

• extend access to AIRON Academy offers
• co-deliver or redistribute capability-building programmes
• support practical learning in research operations and related fields
• contribute to wider sector readiness for responsible AI adoption
• build structured, ongoing collaboration around AIRON learning and insight,

We are particularly interested in working with organisations that serve the research, innovation, higher education, and knowledge sectors and want to support practical capability-building in AI-enabled research operations.

Are you interested in becoming a Strategic Partner? Contact us to start the conversation.

Sponsorship Opportunities

AIRON welcomes sponsorship from organisations that want to support responsible AI capability-building across the research ecosystem.

Sponsorship helps AIRON expand access to learning, strengthen shared insight, and support initiatives that benefit professionals and organisations working across research operations.

Sponsorship opportunities may include:

• AIRON events and webinars
• AIRON community briefings
• the State of AI in Research Operations report
• AIRON Academy learning offers
• AIRON Leads and related capability-building programmes
• future AIRON initiatives and shared sector resources.

Custom sponsorship opportunities are available and can be shaped around your organisation’s goals, priorities, and areas of alignment.

Interested in sponsoring AIRON? Contact us to explore sponsorship opportunities.

Our approach

AIRON works with partners and sponsors in ways that support:

• responsible and context-aware AI adoption
• practical value for research-supporting professionals and organisations
• stronger capability across the research ecosystem
• shared learning and sector-wide exchange
• community-informed, human-centred innovation.

We are especially interested in relationships that strengthen the research ecosystem while remaining aligned with AIRON’s mission, values, and practical focus.

Start the conversation

If your organisation is interested in working with AIRON as a Strategic Partner or Sponsor, we would be glad to hear from you.

Please get in touch and start the conversation.