General Resources

University of Sydney Research Office includes details on grants, grant applications and grant management, research training, ethics, sources of research funding and the policies governing research at the University.

Some useful links:

• What is Research?
  
• Research Active Staff
  
• National Research Priorities (DEST)
  
• Policy Online includes research policy documents on code of conduct for responsible research practice, guidelines for dealing with allegations of research misconduct, authorship and location of data form.
  
• Ethics

• New research classification codes:
  ANZSIC Classification ANZSIC Codes can be found at the Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Former research classification codes:
  Research Fields, Courses and Disciplines (RFCD) Classification (1998)
  Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) Classification (1998)
  Types of Activity (TOA) Classification

• Forms and Guidelines for research opportunities
• Research Proposal Clearance Form
• Overhead charge information
• Forms from ‘Sydney People’ for staff related issues
• Universal Currency Converter

Excellence in Research (ERA)

• ERA The Research Quality Framework (RQF) has been replaced by Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative will be developed by the ARC . It will assess research quality within Australia’s higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts.

IRMA - Integrated Research Management Application

• IRMA is the system currently being used by the university to collect publication and grant information and documentation for the HERDC collection.
  IRMA also collects Higher Degree research (HDR) student completions and current HDR students as well as publications for the future ERA. More information.
  
• Check your research information and the data held for you in the IRMA system. Send changes and/or additions to the IRMA helpdesk IRMA.system@usyd.edu.au

Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)

• HERDC
• HERDC–DEST
• ISI Citation Index
• Ulrich's database

Research in NSW Government Schools

• NSW Department of Education & Training
• Guidelines for Approving Applications from External Agencies to Conduct research in NSW Government Schools
• The Working With Children Check