Contact us

Grants Services (Pre-Award)

• 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

Business Services

• 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

Research Support and Innovation Team

• 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
• First point of contact if you don’t know who to contact regarding your query
• Contact the team at research@westernsydney.edu.au

Research Grants (Post-Award)

• Raising invoices, preparing financial acquittals
• Submission of variation requests and End of Year reports for ARC and NHMRC
• Contact the Grants Officers at postaward@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 Analytics and Reporting

• Data and analytical enquiries can be directed to ResearchData@westernsydney.edu.au
• Reports published on the Research Portal

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

Professor Ian Anderson, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise
02 4570 1993 | 0404 081 120

Scott Brewer, Director of Operations
0413 180 069

Rashi Chawla, Interim Senior Executive Assistant to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research and Enterprise

Professor Freya MacMillan, Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research
02 9678 7417 (Ext 7417)

Ivanka Banach, Executive Assistant and Project Officer to the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research
02 9678 7250 (Ext 7250)

For general enquiries, please email GrantsServices@westernsydney.edu.au or call RDO Central on 9678 7300 (Ext 7300).

Manijah Hakim, Program Manager, Grants and Major Bids
02 9678 7621 (Ext 7621)

Dr Jodie Narayan, Lead Research Development Officer
02 4736 0281 (Ext 2281)

• Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
• The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
• School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
• School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment
• School of Science

Dr William Gu, Research Development Officer
02 9852 5015 (Ext 5015)

• NICM Health Research Institute
• Translational Health Research Institute
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Psychology

Dr Benjamin Muir, Research Development Officer
02 4736 0889 (Ext 2889)

• Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture
• Institute for Culture and Society
• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Humanities and Communication Arts
• School of Law
• School of Social Sciences

Stephanie Banach, Senior Administrative Officer, Research
02 9678 7180 (Ext 7180)

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

Dr André Urfer, Industry Partnerships Adviser (STEM)
02 9685 9742 (Ext 9742) | 0437 832 890

• NICM Health Research Institute
• The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
• Translational Health Research Institute (THRI)
• School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
• School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Medicine
• School of Science
• Centre for Infrastructure Engineering

Nathanael Small, Business Development Adviser (HASS)
02 9685 9405 (Ext 9405) | 0418 244 664

• Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
• Institute for Culture and Society
• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Humanities and Communication Arts
• School of Law
• School of Nursing and Midwifery
• School of Psychology
• School of Social Sciences
• Transforming early Education and Child Health (TeEACH) Research Centre
• Urban Transformations Research Centre
• Young and Resilient Research Centre
• Centre for Educational Research

Laura Robinson, Senior Administrative Officer (Monday to Thursday)
02 9685 9800 (Ext 9800)

Sunil Chand, Manager, Post-Award, Data and Systems
02 4736 0846 (Ext 2846)

Research Grants (Post-Award)

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

Rick Romero, Research Grants and Finance Officer
02 9852 5097 (Ext 5097)

• Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
• Institute for Culture and Society
• NICM Health Research Institute
• School of Education
• Young and Resilient Research Centre

James Young, Research Grants and Finance Officer
02 4736 0811 (Ext 2811)

• School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
• School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment
• School of Humanities and Communication Arts
• School of Nursing and Midwifery

Andrea Kantek, Research Grants Officer (Monday to Thursday)
02 4736 0850 (Ext 2850)

• Institute for Australian and Chinese Arts and Culture
• Translational Health Research Institute
• School of Business
• School of Law
• School of Medicine
• School of Psychology
• School of Social Sciences

Moufid Atme, Research Grants Officer (Wednesday to Friday)
02 4736 0881 (Ext 2881)

• The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
• School of Health Sciences
• School of Science

Research Contracts

Research Contracts Coordinator (position vacant)
02 4736 0885 (Ext 2885)

Please direct all enquiries to ResearchContracts@westernsydney.edu.au

Linda Schotanus, Senior Administrative Officer, Research
02 4736 0072 (Ext 2072)

Research Support and Innovation Team

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

Karissa Costelo, Senior Administrative Officer, Research
02 4736 0311 (Ext 2311)

Research Data and Systems (Analytics and Reporting)

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

Anita Bridgman, Research Data Officer
02 9852 5382 (Ext: 5382)

Aagya Nepal, Ethics & Integrity Project Officer
02 4736 0229 (Ext 2229)

Joanna Nagabyrava, Project Support and Compliance Coordinator
02 4736 0341 (Ext 2341)

Sue Manning, Senior Administrative Officer, Research
02 9678 7079 (Ext 7079)

Human Ethics

Sharon Falleiro, Human Ethics Officer
02 4736 0278 (Ext 2278)

Tracy Mills, Human Ethics Officer (on secondment)

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

Animal Ethics

To contact the Animal Ethics team, please email AnimalEthics@westernsydney.edu.au

Biosafety and Radiation Safety

Dr David Cheng, Ethics Officer
02 4736 0884 (Ext 2884)

For biosafety and radiation safety enquiries, please email BiosafetyRadiation@westernsydney.edu.au

Please direct any enquiries relating to Foreign Interference to DFATreporting@westernsydney.edu.au

For enquiries regarding the University's Researcher Development Program, please email ResearcherDevelopment@westernsydney.edu.au

Katrina Trewin, Impact Officer
02 4736 0287 (Ext 2287)

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

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

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

Helen Jones, Associate Director, Research Infrastructure and Systems

Research Facilities Administration Officer (position vacant)

Gary Long, Research Application Administrator
02 4736 0888 (Ext 2888)

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