Contact us
Pro Vice-Chancellor Research
Ivanka Banach, Executive Assistant and Project Officer 02 9678 7250
Craig Bromley, Senior Administrative Officer 02 4736 0895 (Ext 2895)
Grants Services
For general enquiries, please email GrantsServices@westernsydney.edu.au
Manijah Hakim, Manager, Grants Development (Acting)
02 9678 7621 (Ext 7621)
Dr Ben Dowswell, Research Development Officer
02 4736 0889 (Ext 2889)
- NICM Health Research Institute
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Medicine
- Translational Health Research Institute
Manijah Hakim, Research Development Officer
02 9678 7621 (Ext 7621)
- Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture
- Institute for Culture and Society
- School of Business
- School of Humanities and Communication Arts
- School of Law
- School of Psychology
- School of Social Sciences
Dr Jodie Narayan, Research Development Officer
02 4736 0281 (Ext 2281)
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
Dr Uli Wagner, Research Development Officer
02 4736 0619 (Ext 2619)
- School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
- School of Education
- School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment
- School of Science
Business Services
For general enquiries, please email BusinessServices@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Dusan Milojevic, Manager, Industry Innovation & Partnerships
Dr André Urfer, Industry Partnerships Adviser
02 9685 9742 | 0437 832 890
- The MARCS Institute
- NICM Health Research Institute
- Translational Health Research Institute (THRI)
- School of Built Environment
- School of Business
- School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
- School of Engineering
- School of Medicine
- Centre for Infrastructure Engineering
Nathanael Small, Business Development Adviser
02 9685 9405 | 0418 244 664
- Institute for Culture and Society
- School of Education
- School of Humanities and Communication Arts
- School of Psychology
- School of Social Sciences
Business Development Adviser (Position vacant)
02 9685 9845
- Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
- School of Health Sciences
- School of Law
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- School of Science
Laura Robinson, Senior Administrative Officer (Monday to Thursday only)
02 9685 9800
Sue Manning, Projects Officer
02 9678 7079
Research Grants and Contracts (Post-award)
For general enquiries, please email postaward@westernsydney.edu.au
Moufid Atme, Research Grants Officer (Wednesday to Friday only)
02 4736 0881 (Ext 2881)
Andrea Kantek, Research Grants Officer (Monday to Thursday only)
02 4736 0850 (Ext 2850)
Tara Faull, Research Contracts Officer
Please email ResearchContracts@westernsydney.edu.au
Karissa Costelo, Research Project Assistant
02 4736 0311 (Ext 2311)
Research Integrity and Ethics
Dr Shantala Mohan, Director, Research Impact and Integrity
02 4736 0581 (Ext 2581) | 0414 309 758
Matthew Hunter, International Relations Development Manager
Human Ethics
Tracy Mills, Human Ethics Officer
02 4736 0278 (Ext 2278)
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
David Cheng, Ethics Officer
02 4736 0884 (Ext 2884)
For biosafety and radiation safety enquiries, please email BiosafetyRadiation@westernsydney.edu.au
Research Data
For general enquiries, please email REDIData@westernsydney.edu.au
Gary Long, Research Systems Manager
02 4736 0888 (Ext 2888)
Alison Dayes, Research Data Officer
02 9852 5382 (Ext: 5382)
Sunil Chand, Coordinator - Systems, Process Enhancement and Innovation
02 4736 0846 (Ext 2846)
Researcher Development
For enquiries regarding the University's Researcher Development Program, please email ResearcherDevelopment@westernsydney.edu.au
eResearch
Dr Jeff Wang, Intersect eResearch Analyst
02 4620 3952 | 0456 269 623
Research Publications
The Library collects publications for Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) (opens in a new window)
Publications are no longer collected for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) (opens in a new window)
For assistance, please contact your School Librarian or the Library’s Research Engagement Team
Further information is available on the Library website (opens in a new window)
Research Infrastructure
Dr Juan Cooper, Senior Manager, Centralised Research Facilities
02 9678 7081 | 0432 695 960
For general enquiries please contact:
Emma Rich, Research Facilities Administration Officer
02 9678 7091
Advanced Materials Characterisation (AMC) Facility
Dr Richard Wuhrer, AMCF Research Manager
02 9685 9089 | 0411 877 476
Biomedical Magnetic Resonance (BMR) Facility
Dr Scott Willis, BMR Research Manager
02 4620 3114
Greenhouse Research Education Training Facility
Goran Lopaticki, Facility Coordinator
02 4570 1944
Dr Wei Liang, Senior Technical Officer (Crop Management)
02 4570 1946 | 0401 689 757
Mass Spectrometry Facility
Meena Mikhael, Facility Research Manager
02 4620 3909 | 0409 819 361
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Facility
Dr Caroline Janitz, Facility Manager
02 4570 1809 | 0405 396 555
For further information, please see Centralised Research Facilities
Our Locations
Level G, Building BA
Penrith campus (Werrington South)
Great Western Highway
Werrington NSW 2747
River Cottage, Building EV
Parramatta South campus
Victoria Road
Parramatta NSW 2150
Postal Address
Western Sydney University
Research Services
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith NSW 2751
Research Services Points of Contact Guide
Starting point in the lifecycle of a Grant
Pre-Award Research Services
- Clearance Forms
- CAT 1 and 2 Competitive Grant Submissions
- Proposal / Budget Development
- A copy of the final application (particularly if the grant has been awarded)
- Contact the Research Development Officers at GrantsServices@westernsydney.edu.au
Business Services
- Clearance Forms
- CAT 2-4 Grant Submissions (Tenders, EOIs, RFQs, RFPs etc)
- Proposal / Budget / Contract (initial review) Development, Intellectual Property advice.
- Contact the Business Development Officers at BusinessServices@westernsydney.edu.au
Grant to be setup into the RMS
Research Support and Innovation Team
- Allocation of project code
- Setting up project in RMS including milestone reporting and invoicing schedule.
- Raising first invoice (assuming it is upon execution of contract)
- Project not appearing on the Research Portal
- First point of contact if you don’t know who to contact regarding your query
- Contact the Senior Administrative Officers at research@westernsydney.edu.au
Grant is setup and appearing on Research Portal
Post Award
- Checking milestone / payment schedule (if an invoice has been raised), preparing acquittals
- Extension requests and contact with government agencies (e.g. ARC) and Industry Partners
- Contact the Grants Officers on postaward@westernsydney.edu.au
Ethics
Human Ethics Team: HumanEthics@westernsydney.edu.au
Animal Ethics Team: AnimalEthics@westernsydney.edu.au
Biosafety and Radiation Team: BioSafetyRadiation@westernsydney.edu.au
Foreign Interference
Foreign Interference Team: DFATreporting@westernsydney.edu.au
Facilities
Research Facilities 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) Student
Graduate Research School: grs.enquiries@westernsydney.edu.au
HDR Scholarships: grs.scholarships@westernsydney.edu.au
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