1. Professor Edwina Cornish Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) March 2011 Research at Monash

2. Monash at a glance Established in 1958 with first student intake in 1961 Group of Eight University Annual turnover of $1.4 billion 6 Australian campuses International footprint: Malaysia, South Africa, Italy and India 7,597 FTE employees 62,565 students from over 100 countries

3. 10 Faculties Art & Design Arts Business and Economics Education Engineering Information Technology Law Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Science

4. Research Performance - Revenue Total Research Income 224 219 233 186 143 121 110 100 83 73 6364 58 57 56 0 50 100 150 200 250 1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009 Millions ($) 246 2010

5. Monash Research Strategy (2011-2015) Goal To make a difference, that is generate impact through excellent and relevant research Six enabling strategies Talent Enhancement Strategy Building Interdisciplinary Teams Research Training World Class Infrastructure Translating Research to Deliver Impact Professionalising Research Management Outcome Research that is more responsive, and outwardly focused, and to focus on areas of current emerging strength

6. Building leading interdisciplinary teams Achieving Monash’s Research Objectives TALENT Active translation of research Attraction of Government, Industry and Community partners Enablers to attract and retain talent Enablers to support talent to deliver impact Talent enhancement strategy Research training World-class infrastructure Professionalising research management IMPACT

7. 1. Talent Enhancement Strategy The TES provides support to attract, recognise, reward and retain researchers that are both excellent quality and focused on delivering high external impact, e.g. For more information visit - http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/talentenhancement.htmlhttp://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/talentenhancement.html Prof Nigel Bunnett Australia Fellowship holder from USA Major engagements with pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca. Prof Xinhua Wu Fellow of IoM3 from UK Major engagements with Rolls Royce, Airbus and BAE Systems. Prof Emanuele Viterbo ISI Highly Cited researcher from Italy Major engagements with Nokia and Thyia Technologies (which he co-founded).

8. 2. Building interdisciplinary teams Research that addresses society’s big questions will be multi-disciplinary – the challenge for universities is to provide the structures that will enable this. Monash has had some recent notable successes in bringing together impact oriented IDR teams – e.g. Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

9. 3. Research training Two major initiatives are being pursued to improve the quality and relevance of Monash research training –Monash Institute of Graduate Studies –The modern Monash PhD Research Training white paper: http://intranet.monash.edu.au/monashfutures/themes/research-strategy /http://intranet.monash.edu.au/monashfutures/themes/research-strategy /

10. 4. World class infrastructure Research infrastructure enables cutting edge research across disciplines: MASSIVE: a High Performance Computing supporting Imaging and Visualisation facility with $8M of investment over 3 years, establishing high tech imaging and visualisation capabilities to support biomedical research & digital manufacturing To deliver impact, world class researchers must be supported by world class infrastructure. Major strategic research problems can only be tackled by cross-linking cutting edge skills and research platforms. For more information visit - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Research Infrastructure) Ian.Smith@monash.eduIan.Smith@monash.edu

11. 4. World class infrastructure cont….. Monash has invested, and will continue to invest, heavily in establishing & maintaining major research platforms to facilitate cutting edge research across discipline boundaries. Recent investments include: Synchrotron Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy Biomedical research platforms e-Research platform Nanofabrication Centre Monash Biomedical Imaging Green Chemistry Futures New Horizons building Monash Centre for Electron Microscopy Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication

12. 5. Translating research to deliver impact Outward-facing research structures are critical in delivering impact – e.g. MUARC Institute for Safety Compensation Recovery Research (ISCRR) Monash Sustainability Institute/ClimateWorks Industry Engagement and Commercialisation Group

13. 5. Translating research to deliver impact Cross-discipline and/or cross-organisational relationships Multi-pronged collaborations - government, industry, university Strong governance arrangements that include partners as decision makers in the process not just as end-users Cutting edge research occurring at the nexus between different disciplines Draws on university level resources not just faculties – platforms are an enormous advantage Long-term research programmes rather than projects Translation of research to impact Experience at Monash shows that the characteristics of outward-facing research models that successfully deliver impact include:

14. 6. Professionalising research management Ensuring that research management services provide the best support to researchers will enable Monash talent to perform at its best This theme aligns with the Monash Futures Improved Services agenda ‘Research professionalisation’ requires –up-skilling of research administrators & managers –improved communication processes –better knowledge sharing To be launched at the 2011 Research Administrators Conference – held biennially for all research training & administration staff

15. Office of the DVC (Research) Governance –Monash Research Committee –Strategies for improving research performance –Major grant/fellowships and proposal development support Policy –Compliance with external legislation including the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research –Research policies and procedures http://www.intranet.monash.edu.au/research/policies.html http://www.intranet.monash.edu.au/research/policies.html Co-investment in major research funding initiatives

16. Networks and Developmental Programs Welcome to Monash program Future Research Leaders Program (in-depth half day workshops) –http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/human-resources/leadership- development/future-research-leaders.htmlhttp://www.adm.monash.edu.au/human-resources/leadership- development/future-research-leaders.html ECR Network and ECR Portal – http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/ecr/index.html http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/ecr/index.html Research Seminars and Information Programs –http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/seminars/info-sessions.htmlhttp://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/seminars/info-sessions.html University-wide Mentoring Scheme for Women –http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/sss/equity-diversity/wlas/mentoring-for- women.htmlhttp://www.adm.monash.edu.au/sss/equity-diversity/wlas/mentoring-for- women.html Note: Faculties offer specific orientation / induction programs in addition to today’s program

17. R esearch Awards and Recognition Vice-Chancellor’s Award for: –Research Excellence by Early Career Researchers –Excellence in Innovation and External Collaboration –Excellence in Postgraduate Supervision Research Prizes and Awards http://www.monash.edu.au/researchoffice/calendar- int/index.html http://www.monash.edu.au/researchoffice/calendar- int/index.html