Research Development

Staff in the Faculty Research Unit provide high quality administrative support for the development of the Faculty's research, including:

  • Benchmarking of research - provision of support and advice to the faculty through research and information analysis and benchmarking activities
  • Publication collection - provision of advice and support to ensure the faculty’s publications collection is maximised and accurate
  • Equipment grants - coordination of the call for applications for funding for equipment
  • Faculty Infrastructure - maintenance of a list of facilities, resources and services that are available, by negotiation with the named contacts, to members of the research community of the Faculty encompassing all its departments and schools.
  • Expressions of Interest for External Grant Schemes - coordination and certification of EOIs that require approval by the Associate Dean (Research)
  • Grant mentoring scheme – we provide and coordinate peer group advice to faculty researchers as they develop their research
  • University of Melbourne Grant Schemes – where faculty ranking is required, we coordinate submission of applications and ranking and advise Melbourne Research
  • Faculty Research Fellowships - coordination of application rounds for Faculty fellowships
  • Faculty Research Scholarships - management of the Faculty's Research Scholarships including University-allocated research scholarships
  • Committee support - provision of administrative support for committees chaired by the Associate Dean (Research):
    • Faculty Research Committee
    • Faculty Research Strategy Committee
    • Faculty Research Training Committee (Chaired by the Associate Dean, Research Training)
    • Special Studies Program (Long) SSP(L)
  • Research Domains – provision of administrative support to the Research Domain Coordinators and coordination of Research Domain activities, including seminars, lectures and special events
  • Faculty Research Notices - fortnightly communication of information on research funding opportunities, conferences, events and seminars specific to the faculty interests
  • Research stories - promotion of the research and researchers through regular feature stories on  the Faculty's research website
  • Nominations, Prizes and Awards - advertisement and provision of administrative support for nominations for Prizes and Awards.

Contact

For further information on research development please contact the Faculty Research Unit.