Office of Research

The Office of Research is located within the university's Division of Central Administration and reports to the Executive Director of Administration and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

The Office of Research promotes, fosters, supports and administers quality research activity at Flinders University. The Office is responsible for:

• administration of research grants
• negotiating and administering research contracts
• coordination of the university's ethics and bio-safety responsibilities
• collection and reporting of research performance data
• development of research related policy and advice to Senior Management
• the provision of support for new research management initiatives.

The Office of Research has developed a Office of Research - Service contract (PDF 30KB) , which defines how we wish to interact with our clients to offer the best service that we are capable of providing.

Join our online communication

Meet the ORB - our blog. This is how we communicate with you about changes, developments and opportunities in the areas that we administer: grants and contracts, data and statistics, publications, ethics, and Excellence in Research for Australia. It's easy to access: there are full instructions; you can choose the categories of news that you'd like us to deliver to you; and you can communicate with us and with other researchers, wherever you are, and at whatever time suits you.

Contact details

The Office of Research is located:

• Registry Building, Rooms 111 - 113: Head of Office, research grants and contracts, ethics and biosafety, strategic research initiatives.
• Union Building, Room B10: Research data and systems, Research Quality Framework (RQF).
  

For general information the Office can be contacted by phone on (08) 8201 2199 or via email at office.research@flinders.edu.au. The office fax number is (08) 8201 2035.

Refer to research contacts for a list of staff and their responsibilities.

The Office postal and courier addresses are as follows:

Postal Address

Office of Research

Registry Building

Flinders University

GPO Box 2100

Adelaide SA 5001

Courier Address

Office of Research

Rooms 111-113

1st Floor Registry Building

Flinders University

Bedford Park, SA 5042