How to get help with human ethics?
Where to access information and support related to human ethics.
How do I action a financial milestone notification?
This article outlines how financial milestone notifications are actioned through the research invoicing automation process.
Submit a decision in myResearch Ethics (committee chairs)
This guide explains how to submit a decision in myResearch Ethics.
Decisions are tasks assigned to committee chairs and delegates.
How to Submit a Notice of Intent
A Notice of Intent is a one-page form and the first step in applying for a grant or fellowship. It notifies research support staff of your intentions and they ensure that you are kept informed of targeted grant development support and events. This helps make your application as competitive as possible.
What is the ERA Definition of Research?
Material submitted to ERA (Excellence in Research for Australia) must meet the definition of research.
How to get help with animal ethics?
This article guides you on where you can access information and support related to animal ethics.
What is IP commercialisation?
This article outlines what is intellectual property (IP) commercialisation, purpose of IP commercialisation, and how the Commercialisation Office can assist and guide you through the IP commercialisation process.
Submit an adverse event in myResearch Ethics
This guide explains how to submit an ethics adverse event form in myResearch Ethics.
Understanding the Rankings Dashboard
The Rankings Power BI Dashboards present rankings information based on data sourced from notable ranking agencies. The dashboards allow users to specifically focus on rankings information of University of Sydney and other Australian peer institutions against whom University of Sydney is benchmarked.
ERA Peer Review Requirements
For the purposes of the Sydney Research Collection and Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) submission, peer review involves assessment of the entire publication – not an abstract or extract – before publication. This must be done by qualified experts who are independent of the author.
What is User Access Scheme and how do I apply for it?
The Core Research Facilities’ (CRFs) User Access Scheme provides small grants (up to $5,000) to University of Sydney researchers. This article outlines the purpose of User Access Scheme, its eligibility criteria, application steps and contacts for further information on the scheme.
Retention periods for research data
Research data must be retained for a minimum period as set out by the State Records Act (NSW) 1998 General retention and disposal authority: higher and further education and research (GA47).
What are 'spin-out' and 'start-up' companies and how do I create one?
This article defines a new venture. also referred to as a 'spin-out' and 'start-up' companies, along with processes to follow when establishing a new venture.
How to request an application review or eligibility check for a scheme
The Pre-award and Pipeline Submission team has been using ServiceNow to manage application reviews. This has many benefits including increased visibility on review progress for researchers, improved document tracking, and better workload management to enable faster response times.
All communication regarding the application will be conducted through the university's Service Portal. Once you have submitted a request for a review and created a ticket, please continue to reply to/update that ticket rather than create a new one.
Please follow the below steps to request a review of your application through the Service Portal.
Submit a decision in myResearch Ethics (DVC-E endorsements)
This guide explains how to submit a decision in myResearch Ethics for DVC-E endorsements, which are required for ethics applications seeking to use student data.
If you are the nominated DVC-E reviewer/approver, you will receive an email when a decision is assigned to you.
- DVC-E reviewers: a decision is assigned when an ethics application is proposing to use student data. Your decision is to 'Recommend' or 'Not Recommend' access to the student data. This recommendation is sent to the DVC-E approver.
- DVC-E approvers: a decision is assigned once the DVC-E reviewer has made their recommendation. Your decision is to 'Approve' or 'Not Approve' access to the student data.
What is Altmetric?
Altmetric is a data driven organisation which provides tools to institutions, publishers, researchers, funders, and other organisations which measure the amount and reach of the attention for a research output (publications, creative work, conference, etc – if it has a digital ID i.e DOI). It is unique in its services in that it measures all of the potential impact of a body of research including non-traditional sources such Social Media (Twitter, Facebook), and Research Blogs.
How can I get access to Research Profiles Management (RPM)?
This article outlines the steps to take in order to gain access to Research Profiles Management (RPM) to update and/or modify a range of information that is listed on Academic Profile Online (APO).
Submit a decision in myResearch Ethics (faculty/facility approvers)
This guide explains how faculty and facility approvers can submit a decision in myResearch Ethics.
If you are a nominated approver for ethics applications, you will receive an email when a decision is assigned to you.
- Faculty approvers: a decision is assigned when the Chief Investigator is affiliated with your area. You must approve the application before it can proceed to ethics review.
- Facility approvers: a decision is assigned when a project has indicated use of your facility. You must approve the application before ethics approval can be granted.
Public availability of Non-traditional research outputs (NTROs)
Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) that are reported for the annual Sydney Research Collection and periodic ERA submission must have been made available to the public. You need to provide evidence of the year in which your NTRO was published or otherwise made available to the public.
Using IRMA - Searching for records on exhibition title
For certain NTRO sub-categories, it may be useful to utilise the 'exhibition title' search function in the IRMA publication module. This article provides basic instructions as to how to search on 'exhibition title' and instances where this might be useful. This example also utilises the Custom GUI function. Please see the separate knowledge base article for how to create a Custom GUI.
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