"academic contacts" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the connections or relationships that someone has within the academic community, such as with other scholars, professors, or researchers. Example: As a graduate student, building a network of academic contacts is crucial for advancing in my field.
He keeps up his academic contacts by lecturing occasionally at Columbia or the Brooklyn Institute.
He served a five-year term as the BBC's National Governor in Scotland and cultivated international academic contacts, particularly with the University of Lodz in Poland.
The network of academic contacts he had built in America was tapped to fill top jobs in central banking and at the IMF.
As far back as the pre-Oslo days, when the Israeli government forbade all relations between Israeli citizens and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, the first significant links were forged through academic contacts.
The lab's director, L. Raymond Hettche, said Mr. Pope's mission had been to establish academic contacts for nonmilitary purposes, but he acknowledged that the lab was always on the lookout for technology with military uses.
It described the cancellation as "his independent decision to respect the boycott, based upon his knowledge of Palestine, and on the unanimous advice of his own academic contacts there".
First, alumni want continuing academic contact.
Although his writing style had previously been fussy and academic, contact with Bellow improved it.
Ethical approval from the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee COMRECC) formally identified a local academic contact and required that Malawian laboratories and researchers would be used where possible.
Key observations were: a. Main academic contact: a partnership with the University of Malawi (UNIMA), College of Medicine (Blantyre), (following project authorisation from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Malawi Government).
Other universities are likely to follow in Sheffield's footsteps, according to academics contacted by The Independent on Sunday.
