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From the
Director of the Research Office
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From the Research Office
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From the Office of Sponsored Research
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From the Office of Research Integrity
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From the Office of Research Excellence
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From the Director of the Research Office
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Welcome to this fortnight's
Research Office Newsletter. The development of the ANU's
research management system, ARIES, began back in 2003. Since then the Grants
and Contracts, Animal Ethics, Publications, Human Ethics and ERA (RQF)
modules have been moved into production.
In about three months time, the last of the 'original' modules,
Recombinant DNA Ethics, will be rolled out.
At that time the 'original' ARIES development project will come to an
end. That will not mean, however, that
development of ARIES will cease. Work
has already begun on the construction of a Commercialisation
module for the Office of Commercialisation and work
will soon commence on the specification of upgrades to the Grants &
Contracts and the Animal Ethics modules. In addition changes have begun to
enable the University to meet the requirements of ERA and these will continue
once the ARC releases its final specifications. You will shortly be asked to
participate in a Forum to assist in the specification of the upgrade to the
Grants and Contracts module and I urge all users of the module and those
actively involved in research management to consider participating. We can only hope to develop a module that
meets your needs and those of the University if you actively participate in
the upgrade process. Those of you with extensive knowledge of the module and
of grant processes should also consider volunteering to be a member of the
Project Team for the upgrade. Once the original project
development of ARIES concludes, the ARIES Project Management and Steering
Committees will be replaced by an ARIES OMG which will include representatives
of the major users of each of the ARIES modules. |
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From the Research Office
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Lunchtime Seminar
Series Presenter: Mrs Joan Uhr
Director, Endowment for Excellence, ANU Topic: How to find out about Research Funding Date:
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 Time:
12.30pm – 1.30pm Venue: Ross Hohnen Room, Chancelry 10B Research Development Forum |
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From the Office of Sponsored Research
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NEWS & NOTICES Go8 European Fellowships Scheme for funding in 2009 The Group of Eight
(Go8) Australian universities offer eight fellowships to early career
researchers in Applications will open
late August/early September and close October 31 2008 More details on
eligibility will be forwarded once the final application packs are released
by the Go8 ARC Schemes Australian Research Council Discovery Future Fellowships ANU Expressions of Interest Future Fellowships is an exciting new grants scheme created by the Australian Government,
to be administered by the Australian Research Council (ARC). The purpose of
this scheme is to promote research in areas of critical national
importance. The ANU is calling for expressions of interest for this scheme. Further information is available at the
following website: http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/futurefel/future_default.htm NHMRC Updates Online resources of interest: NHMRC Tracker Research Trends Research Trends is a bi-monthly newsletter providing objective,
up-to-the-minute insights into scientific trends based on bolometric
analysis. To subscribe go to the following
web page: http://mail.elsevier-alerts.com/go.asp?/.researchtrends.subscribe/bESC001 OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Heart Foundation Postgraduate
Scholarships 2008
Vario Health Conference – call for abstracts ·
Nutrition and how it relates to
physical and mental wellbeing ·
Exercise and how it relates to
physical and mental wellbeing ·
The interaction of physical and
mental health ·
The role of the Professional in
the holistic management of health ·
Strategies for prevention and
management of depression ·
Strategies for prevention and
management of dementia Abstracts, with a maximum of 300 words, are to be submitted by the 31st
August. A Review Panel
will judge abstracts on the basis of relevance to the Conference Themes and
on the basis of clarity. To find out more about the 2008 Vario Health Conference, or to submit your abstract
online go to the conference website http://www.varioinstitute.com/conference/2008/ |
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From the Office of Research Integrity
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Responsible Practice of Research The ANU policy, Responsible
Practice of Research has been revised and is effective from August1
2008. It can be found at: http://info.anu.edu.au/Policies/_DRO/Policies/Responsible_Research_Practice.asp?tab=1 The 2008 policy contains elements
from the 2003 ANU policy and the 2007 Australian Code for the Responsible
Conduct of Research and has also taken into account comment following
circulation of the draft policy. The policy consists of two parts. Part A outlines principles and
practices to encourage responsible research conduct:
Part B is concerned with breaches
of the Code, research misconduct, and the framework for resolving
allegations. Currently this section
principally retains the wording of the 2003 policy. The Go8 confidential
draft working paper, Implementing Part B of the Australian Code for the Responsible
Conduct of Research, has been released to G08 DVCs
and NH&MRC, and will ultimately result in changes to Part B of this
policy. Its final wording will also be influenced by the EA process. |
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From the Office of
Research Excellence
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The Office of Research Excellence is currently undertaking a
review of the ARIES Grants module. The process will be (1) an open discussion
forum about users' likes and dislikes, (2) form a working party to identify
changes, (3) an open forum to discuss and prioritise working party
recommendations and (4) have ARIES programmer undertake changes An open forum will be held later this month, details will follow
shortly. |
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Please
contact Research Office (ext 50099) for further information.
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