 collaborations and partnerships collaborations and partnerships 83 admin mon 10142019 1838 number and description of the collaboration types in research activities purpose activities target audiences the indicator evaluates the capacity of the initiative project to collaborate with external partners core quantitative qualitative partnerships  relationship formed by the agreement between two or more organizations to carry on research and development of new products and services together initiative project s internal data number and description of the collaborations and partnerships free text number in physical units input collaboration annually annually the indicator does not inform about the quality or intensity of collaboration no graham k e chorzempa h l valentine p a magnan j 2012 evaluating health research impact development and implementation of the alberta innovates health solutions impact framework  research evaluation   21  5 354367 see table 1 outreach indicator available at  https academicoupcom rev articleabstract 2153541559212 collaboration 