Research Partnerships Managers (RPMs) facilitate relationships between UQ researchers and external partners, ranging from industry and government departments to start-ups and SMEs.

Research Partnerships Managers can:

  • Navigate UQ and identify the best researcher to work with you
  • Help define your challenge and develop a research project
  • Work with your team to ensure an appropriate project budget
  • Liaise with all relevant areas of UQ on your behalf throughout the development, negotiation and management of your research contract.

RPMs can also advise on industry funding schemes that may be utilised to leverage funding.

To find out how you can partner with UQ, contact Rachel Axon, UQR&I Associate Director, Research Commercial Management or find the RPM relevant to your project.

Phone: 
+61 459 917 179

Business, Economics and Law

Emailbel.contract@uq.edu.au

  • Ms Amanda Smith

    Senior Manager, Research Partnerships
    Faculty of Business, Economics & Law

Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Email: ​contracts@eait.uq.edu.au

  • Ms Catherine O'Donovan

    Research Partnerships Manager
    Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology

Health and Behavioural Sciences

Emailhabs.researchcontract@uq.edu.au

  • Ms Jen Sodziak

    Research Partnerships Manager
    Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
  • Mr Phil Smit

    Research Partnerships Manager
    Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Email: contracts@hass.uq.edu.au  


Medicine

Email: ​ med.rpms@uq.edu.au


Science

Emailsciencecontracts@uq.edu.au


Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)

Email: ​innovation.aibn@uq.edu.au


Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Email:  contracts@imb.uq.edu.au


Institute for Social Science Research

Email: issr.research@uq.edu.au


Queensland Brain Institute

Email: researchpartnerships@qbi.uq.edu.au


Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Email:  qaafirgadmin@uq.edu.au

  • Cameron Doig

    Research Partnerships Officer
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Fiona Zhao

    Senior Research Administration Officer
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Vanessa Stott

    Senior Commercial Manager
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation
  • Shairah Binte Mohd Radszi

    Senior Research Administration Officer
    Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation

Sustainable Minerals Institute

Email:  t.winters@uq.edu.au


Research Contracts Officers

Email: j.schlipalius@uq.edu.au


Research Commercial Management Unit

Email: associatedirector.rcmu@research.uq.edu.au


Consulting and Research Expertise (CoRE)

Email: uqcore@uq.edu.au