Research Services

Research Services monitors, promotes, administers and reports Victoria University's research activities. 

We support and enables the University’s research activity through a range of operational and strategic services delivered to University researchers and management.

About Research Services

We provide support to VU researchers in the areas of:

  • External and internal research funding coordination, administration and review assistance
  • Negotiation support and administration of research contracts
  • Patenting and licensing support
  • Animal ethics and biosafety
  • Human research ethics and integrity
  • Data collection and reporting of research performance.

Executive Director, Research Services

Ms Bev Baugh
Executive Director, Research Services
+61 3 9919 5827
beverley.baugh@vu.edu.au

Research Funding, Contracts & Development

Areas of expertise and service in this area include:

  • Research funding (external and internal funding): Pre and post award management
  • Tenders

Email: Research-Funding@vu.edu.au

  • Research contracts and agreements
  • Legal due diligence and compliance
  • IP advice, assignment, patenting and licensing support.

Email: Research.Contracts@vu.edu.au

Research Funding, Contracts & Development Team

  • Senior Manager, Research Funding, Contracts & Development: Fiona Smith
  • Senior Research Officer Funding & Development: Dr Terence Pang
  • Research Officer Funding & Development: Dr Li He and Dr Jennifer Huynh
  • Senior Contracts Advisor: Brooke Wheeler
  • Contracts and Funding Administrative Officer: Keshima Mendiratta 

Research Strategy, Policy & Infrastructure

Areas of service and support include:

  • Support for the development and implementation of University level research strategy and policy
  • Provision of research performance data management and reporting services
  • Biosafety services
  • Research infrastructure, including animal facilities | Email: animal.facilities@vu.edu.au
  • Animal welfare services

Research Strategy, Policy & Infrastructure Team

  • Director, Research Performance, Reporting & Infrastructure: Dr Paul Daniels
  • Senior Manager, Research Infrastructure & Biosafety: Dr Penelope Steer-Cope
  • Animal Welfare Officer: Dr Steven Holloway
  • Senior Manager, Research Performance & Reporting: Alex Skevofylakas
  • Research Performance Information Analyst: Anastasios (Tassos) Eleftheriadis
  • Manager, Animal Facility: Anne Luxford
  • Research Infrastructure & Biosafety Officer: Kelly Wilson
  • Biosciences Research Support Officer: Valentina Jovanovska

Research Governance

Areas of service and support include:

Research Governance Team

  • Chair Human Ethics: Associate Professor Deborah Zion
  • Senior Manager Ethics & Integrity: Elizabeth Hill
  • Senior Officer Human Research Ethics: Megan Garratt
  • Senior Officer Animal Ethics & Biosafety: Dr Kathleen Mikkelsen

Supporting the VU researcher

The following areas include further information about how we support the VU researcher:

General enquiries

For more information about research funding opportunities, ethics applications, research development or collaborative research and commercialisation, contact our general enquiries service: