Research support

MyResearch: Continued Roll-out

MyResearch: available for Research Consultancy, Contract Research and Non-Funded Agreements from Monday, 20 January 2025

UQ is continuing the incremental release of MyResearch, following its successful deployment for Research Consultancy in 2024. MyResearch will be available for new contract research projects and new non-funded agreements.

“New” is defined as any contract project agreement that is not linked to a project that has had a GRL and can be summarised as follows:

Agreements to be managed through MyResearch Projects from 20 January 2025

  • Funded contract research that has not previously had a GRL issued (i.e. ‘new’ funded contract research). This includes ‘new’ agreements for:
    • Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) - Participants Agreement & Project Agreements
    • Cooperative Research Centre – Projects (CRC-P)
    • Rural Development Corporations (RDC)
    • Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
    • Commonwealth Department of Defence projects falling under the Defence Science Partnering Deed (DSP)
    • Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC)
    • Trailblazer
    • National Environmental Science Program (NESP)
    • National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme (NCRIS) - Head Agreements, Project Agreements & Services Agreements
    • QLD Govt Research Infrastructure Co-investment Fund (RICF)
  • Consultancy
  • Tenders
  • Non-funded agreements
  • Outgoing funding agreements (i.e. subcontracts) that are not linked to a project that has had a GRL issued

If in doubt, please liaise with your Faculty/Institute Research Office or submit an NOI in MyResearch and the Research Office will review and advise.

Matters NOT going through MyResearch Projects

  • Competitive funding applications: continue to work the pre-award teams as you have always done
  • Agreements relating to competitive grants: please liaise with the Research Grants Unit
  • Variations to funded contract research projects where the project has already been issued with a GRL: please liaise with your embedded Research Commercial Manager
  • Outgoing funding agreements that that relate to a project that has already been issued with a GRL e.g. a subcontract for an existing funded contract research project: please liaise with your embedded Research Commercial Manager for contract research matters and the Research Grants Unit for competitive grants matters

Research Office contact details can be found on our website.

If in doubt, please liaise with your Faculty/Institute Research Office or submit an NOI in MyResearch and the Research Office will review and advise.

How to Access MyResearch

MyResearch can be accessed on the following link: https://my-research.research.uq.edu.au/ using your UQ login details. Click on the 'Apply Now' button next to the “Research Grants, Contract Research and Consultancy” label. The form will guide you through the steps.

Requirements and Resources

All consultancy applications and funded contract research will require the latest version of the Costing and Pricing tool.

Training and Support

Extensive resources, including videos and how-to guides are available in the system training hub. Support is available via the MyResearch help desk: my-research-help@uq.edu.au.