I am a junior assistant professor working in the Asia region. Usually, there are joint research projects opportunities that require another party to be located in another country. What is the general process and etiquette for asking other potential institutions if they would like to apply for this joint collaboration with me? I guess there should be some initial email introducing myself and my research and asking if they are interested, but I wonder how deep I should go with this first communication in terms of being 100% specific about the research topic, or just the area in which I want to work, etc. If you could give me some ideas, best practices, or good guidelines, I would be very grateful.
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I often send them an email and ask about their published work, and then ease into collaboration after figuring that person out. I also use other networking methods (e.g., meeting people at conferences or asking friends/colleagues to introduce their friends/colleagues).