Despite a growing body of scholarship exploring university–organization collaborations in the sport for development (SfD) field, there has been limited consideration of the experiences of practitioners and partnering organizations in these partnerships. The purpose of this study was to examine their experiences when partnering with academic institutions, programs, scholars, and/or students, with a specific focus on research and evaluation partnerships. Interviews were conducted with 22 participants working at 20 SfD organizations in the United States. Findings were organized into six main categories (e.g., motivations, factors that facilitate or impede collaboration, collaboration outcomes). A conceptual process framework for university–organization collaboration emerged from the data. This study is one of the first in the SfD field to examine practitioners’ perspectives of university–organization collaborations centered on research and evaluation activities. The findings help advance the SfD field, identifying the various factors at play as these partnerships are formed, activated, and sustained.

尽管越来越多的学术机构探索大学与组织在体育促进发展（SfD）领域的合作，但对这些伙伴关系中从业者和合作组织的经验的考虑仍然有限。本研究的目的是考察他们与学术机构、项目、学者和/或学生合作的经验，特别关注研究和评估伙伴关系。对在美国 20 个 SfD 组织工作的 22 名参与者进行了采访。研究结果分为六个主要类别（例如，动机、促进或阻碍合作的因素、合作结果）。从数据中得出了大学与组织合作的概念流程框架。这项研究是 SfD 领域首次探讨从业者对以研究和评估活动为中心的大学与组织合作的看法的研究之一。这些发现有助于推动 SfD 领域的发展，确定这些伙伴关系形成、激活和维持时发挥作用的各种因素。