"is a collaboration between" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Example: The new research project is a collaboration between scientists from three different countries.
The field trial, which began a year ago, is a collaboration between Moscamed, Oxitec, and the University of São Paulo.
It is a collaboration between H&M and our suppliers".
Pathfinder is a collaboration between, with, and for returning citizens.
The game is a collaboration between the Smiths and Peta and takes a similarly vintage approach.
The project is a collaboration between NRK's slow TV department and the Sami programming division.
Little Jackie is a collaboration between the singer Imani Copolla and the producer Adam Pallin.
The park is a collaboration between the university and the laboratory.
This piece is a collaboration between The New Yorker and ProPublica.
"And it is a collaboration between one artist who was living and one who was dead".
Appropriately, the Tate exhibition is a collaboration between London, Paris and Rome.
It is a collaboration between writer and environmentalist Sheherazade Goldsmith and model Laura Bailey.
