Our Clients

Symplectic serves a community of 120+ research organisations, and 50+ grant-making organisations, and
more than 350,000 researchers in over 15 countries.

Our clients include leading universities, consortia, specialist research institutes and funders.

Symplectic Elements Clients

Community Engagement

Whether you are new to Symplectic Elements or have been a client for over 10 years, there is always much to be shared with and learnt from your peers. We provide a variety of opportunities to engage with us and our friendly and helpful community after you become a client, including:

Events: There’s nothing like getting together face-to-face, so we host annual user meetings in each of our major regions (North America, Europe and Australia). Our user meetings are a great chance to talk to our team and learn from our community.
Webinars: We offer a range of webinars to help you get the most out of our products, including product updates from our team and presentations by our community.
Community Slack Channel: Exchange ideas, best practices, or ask a question of your peers; our community Slack channel gives you a space for community collaboration as well as for news and updates from us. Ask your account manager for an invite.
Community Repository: Our community repository (powered by Figshare) provides space for our community to share materials about how they use Elements including presentations, help guides, advocacy materials, and even reporting or API queries.

Case Studies

Karolinska Institutet: Transforming Research Visibility and Accessibility

Karolinska Institutet (KI), a globally recognized medical university, has revolutionized how it manages and shares research information by adopting an integrated solution powered by Symplectic Elements and Figshare. These tools have enabled KI to streamline administrative processes, improve research visibility, and advance open science initiatives in alignment with its Strategy 2030 vision.

Catalyzing Collaboration: How Research Information Management Systems Drive Academic-Industry Partnerships

Discover how research information management systems (RIMS) and public profiling tools are transforming the way universities connect with industry, maximize resource visibility, and drive economic growth.

University of Toronto: Enhancing Research Visibility and Industry Collaboration with Public Profiles

DiscoverResearch enables U of T to showcase its world-renowned research expertise to the public, promoting collaboration across disciplines and making research accessible to industry, media, and academic peers.

Automating NIH Grants Compliance with Symplectic Elements at Duke University 1

Duke University: Automating NIH Grants Compliance with Symplectic Elements

65% reduction in non-compliance cases following automation, along with reduction of manual workload from 60% of one librarian’s duties to a much more manageable 25%.

University of Technology Sydney: Distilling Research Impact using Symplectic Elements

This case study explores UTS’ approach to embedding and demonstrating research impact through the initiative, and its use of Symplectic Elements and other Digital Science tools to support its data collation processes and embed a culture of impact into daily workflows.

University College Dublin: Awards Management in Elements

UCD has been using Symplectic Elements as a research management information system across the university since 2018, working closely with the Symplectic team during that time. In 2020, due to the nearing obsolescence of a custom-developed in-house solution, UCD was seeking a new grants system to manage their funding applications and projects.