Faculty Research Office

Dr Chris Siva
Coordinator, Research Services
Ph: +61 3 990 52896
Chris.Siva@education.monash.edu.au

(Chris is replacing Trudi Brunton who is on maternity leave in 2009)

• Strategic planning of academic research services
  • Policies, procedures and reporting requirements
  • Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) and other federal research initiatives
• Management of research data
  • Research performance systems
  • Classification of research income
  • Faculty-wide reports on research activity
  • Research publications collection
• Management of the Faculty Research Office
  • Staff funding and tracking expenditure
  • Strategic research initiatives
  • Research grant submissions – ARC Discovery, philanthropic and internal schemes.
  • Research webpages
  • Setting key research dates
• Executive Officer to Research Committee and Research Resourcing Sub-Committee
• Administrative assistance for the Associate Dean Research

Administrative Officers - Research

These team members are responsible for the following on their respective campuses:

Clayton

Ms Rondinne Hills
Administrative Officer, Research
Ph: +61 3 990 52814
Rondinne.Hills@education.monash.edu.au

Mrs Prue Madden
Administrative Officer Research
Ph: +61 3 990 52896
Prue.Madden@education.monash.edu.au

Peninsula

Ms Emma White
Administrative Officer Research Support
Ph: +61 3 990 44430
Fax: 61 3 990 4027
emma.white@education.monash.edu.au

Gippsland

Ms Sue Collins
Admin Officer, Research
Ph: +61 3 990 26456
Sue.Collins@education.monash.edu.au

• Management of the Peninsula and Gippsland Research Offices and Clayton research records
• Administrative support for:
  • Faculty’s research nodes
  • HDR students (Gippsland and Peninsula)
  • Individual academic staff research activities
• Executive Officer support for campus research leaders
• Research promotion
• They provide advice on, and support with:
  • Dates and deadlines
  • Potential sources of funding
  • Research publications
  • Research grant applications, including budgets
  • Ethics applications
  • Editing/Formatting
  • Research material, including posters
  • Admin matters (travel, conferences etc)
  • Interpreting  journal specifications
  • Scheduling and organising meetings
  • Preparing meeting papers and follow up
  • Seminars, workshops and forums
  • Co-ordinating visits with fellows, research delegations and international organisations