Research at Monash

1. Professor Edwina CornishSenior 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 250 200 246 233 224 150 219 186 Millions ($) 143 100 121 110 100 83 50 73 64 63 56 58 57 58 0 2010 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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

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

7. 1. Talent Enhancement Strategy The TES provides support to attract, recognise, reward and retain researchers that are both excellent qualityandfocused on delivering high external impact , e.g. • 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). For more information visit - http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/talentenhancement.html

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 qualityandrelevance 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/

10. 4. World class infrastructure 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. Research infrastructure enables cutting edge research across disciplines: MASSIVE: aHigh 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 For more information visit - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Research Infrastructure) Ian.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 Experience at Monash shows that the characteristics of outward-facing research models that successfully deliver impact include: • 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

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 • 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.html • ECR Network and ECR Portal • http://intranet.monash.edu.au/research/ecr/index.html • Research Seminars and Information Programs • http://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.html Note: Faculties offer specific orientation / induction programs in addition to today’s program

17. Research 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 Awardshttp://www.monash.edu.au/researchoffice/calendar-int/index.html