Contact us

Starting point in the lifecycle of a Grant

Pre-Submission

• CAT 1 and 2 competitive grant submissions
• Clearance Forms
• Proposal / Budget development
• Copy of the final application (particularly if the grant has been awarded)
• Contact the Research Development Officers at GrantsServices@westernsydney.edu.au

Industry R&D Partnerships

• CAT 2-4 grant submissions (Tenders, EOIs, RFQs, RFPs etc)
• Clearance Forms
• Proposal / Budget / Contract (initial review) development
• Intellectual Property advice
• Contact the Business Services team at BusinessServices@westernsydney.edu.au

Grant is setup and appearing on the Research Portal

Post-Award

• Allocation of project code
• Setting up project in the Research Management System (RMS), including milestone reporting and invoicing schedule
• Project not appearing on the Research Portal
• Raising invoices, preparing financial acquittals
• Submission of variation requests and End of Year reports for ARC and NHMRC
• Contact: postaward@westernsydney.edu.au

Contracts

For matters at the contracting stage (both competitive grants and industry projects), please contact researchcontracts@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Ethics and Integrity

• Human Ethics team: HumanEthics@westernsydney.edu.au
• Animal Ethics team: AnimalEthics@westernsydney.edu.au
• Biosafety and Radiation Safety team: BiosafetyRadiation@westernsydney.edu.au

Foreign Interference

• Foreign Interference team: DFATreporting@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Infrastructure

• Research Infrastructure team: ResearchFacilities@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Data and Systems (Analytics and Reporting)

• For general enquiries, please email ResearchData@westernsydney.edu.au
• Anita Bridgman, Research Data Officer

Other Divisions

Publications

• Library Scholarly Collection Team: lib-research@westernsydney.edu.au

Higher Degree Research (HDR) Candidates

• Research and Research Candidature catalogue
• Enquiries about HDR scholarships
• HDR support, enquiry and advice for staff

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation

Professor Ian Anderson

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Innovation
0404 081 120

Scott Brewer
Director of Operations
Email: s.brewer@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: 0413 180 069

Beth Pellow
Senior Executive Assistant
Email: B.Pellow@westernsydney.edu.au

Contact us

Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research

Professor Freya MacMillan
Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research
Email: f.macmillan@westernsydney.edu.au

Ivanka Banach
Executive Assistant to the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research
Email: i.banach@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Integrity and Infrastructure

Joanna Nagabyrava, Senior Research Integrity and Compliance Officer

For DFAT Reporting, please email DFATReporting@westernsydney.edu.au

For Foreign Interference, please email DISP@westernsydney.edu.au

For Research Compliance, please email research.compliance@westernsydney.edu.au

For Research Integrity, please email Research.Integrity@westernsydney.edu.au

Human Ethics

Aagya Nepal, Senior Research Ethics Officer
02 4736 0229 (Ext 2229)

Emma Mitchell, Research Ethics Officer
02 4736 0278 (Ext 2278)

To contact the Human Ethics team, please email HumanEthics@westernsydney.edu.au

Animal Ethics & Biosafety and Radiation Safety

Dr David Cheng, Animal, Biosafety and Radiation Safety Ethics Officer

02 4736 0884 (Ext 2884)

For Biosafety and Radiation Safety related enquiries, please email BiosafetyRadiation@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Cathy Wang, Animal Welfare Officer

For Animal Ethics related enquiries, please email AnimalEthics@westernsydney.edu.au

eResearch

Dr Jeff Wang, Digital Research Analyst
02 4620 3952 | 0456 269 623

Research Publications

Please submit details of your publications to Research Profiles and Repository

For assistance, please contact your School Librarian or the Library’s Research Engagement Team

Research Infrastructure

For general enquiries, please email ResearchFacilities@westernsydney.edu.au

Helen Jones, Director, Research Integrity and Infrastructure

Advanced Materials Characterisation (AMC) Facility

Dr Richard Wuhrer, Facility Research Manager
02 9685 9089 | 0411 877 476

Biomedical Magnetic Resonance (BMR) Facility

Dr Scott Willis, Facility Research Manager
02 4620 3114

Greenhouse Research Education Training Facility (RETF)

Scott Allchin, Facility Manager
02 4570 1944

Dr Wei Liang, Crop Coordinator
02 4570 1946

Mass Spectrometry Facility

Dr Rishi Pandey, Facility Research Manager
02 4620 3909 | 0423 281 490

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Facility

Dr Rishi Pandey, Facility Research Manager (Acting)
0423 281 490

For further information, please see Research Infrastructure