The Research Office (RO) is the University’s responsible unit for research funding and research agreements, with delegated authority to submit applications, accept research grants, research consultancy, contract research and other research agreements. The RO negotiates appropriate terms and conditions in line with UQ’s risk appetite and to the mutual needs of UQ and our partners.
The RO operates an embedded service model to provide services.
Central teams
Our central teams are organised to support Faculties and Institutes in line with the funding bodies they most likely to work with; this allows us to develop deep expertise on funding body requirements, as well as facilitate projects aligned with those disciplines.
We also have some teams that are cross-Faculty/Institute; these are more strategic resources aimed at supporting research synergy and programmatic research or where the funding agency has greater needs.
Our central teams focus on value-add for your:
- Research grant applications (pre-award)
- Accepting, establishing and managing your grant award
- Research consultancy and other research agreements
- Research collaborations, environment and synergy
Embedded teams for contract research
The RO has Research Commercial Managers (RCMs) embedded into Faculties and Institutes to support researchers turn conversation with external partners (industry, charities, government etc) into research agreements.
RCMs are expert in supporting researchers navigate the commercial framing and negotiation of agreements to ensure that each party’s expectations are aligned and the health of the relationship can be maintained.