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Research Grants Office

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The Research Grants Office is responsible for administering all research grants, postdoctoral fellowships and travel awards.

These include funding from external agencies, UWA Research Committee schemes and research contracts, tenders and consultancies; legal arrangements and financial reporting, as well as preparation of applications through to completion of the project.

We also administer the research applications database and the Community of Science databases and funding alerts.

The Office:

  • assists researchers with finding details of funding schemes
  • assists with the preparation of applications, including advice on budget preparation and the presentation of applications
  • submits applications to funding agencies
  • enters application and outcome details onto the research grants management database and maintains the details
  • liaises with the Legal Services office to ensure that contract conditions are acceptable to researchers and UWA and arranges for grants and research contracts to be accepted on behalf of UWA
  • liaises with the Office of Industry and Innovation, HR and other UWA administrative services that may need to be consulted about conditions of awards
  • arranges for grant accounts to be opened and monitored
  • co-ordinates communication between funding agencies, applicants and awardees
  • acts on behalf of the funding agencies and UWA researchers to ensure that projects are undertaken in accordance with the grant conditions and University policies
  • administers postdoctoral research fellowships awarded by external funding agencies.

The Research Grants Office team

Cargill, Ms Anne Senior Administrative Officer 6488 7017 anne.cargill@uwa.edu.au M459
Casey, Mrs Christine Associate Director, Research Grants and Finance 6488 1776 christine.casey@uwa.edu.au M459
Cucurny-Marin, Ms Sandra Research Finance Officer (Mon, Tues, Thurs) 6488 5514 Sandra.Cucurny@uwa.edu.au M459
Dalby, Ms Karen Administrative Assistant 6488 1627 karen.dalby@uwa.edu.au M459
Davey, Miss Elizabeth Research Grants Officer 6488 3702 elizabeth.davey@uwa.edu.au M459
Hall, Ms Leanne Administrative Officer (Tues morning, Wed, Fri) 6488 7240 lmhall@admin.uwa.edu.au M704
Langensiepen, Mrs Olivia Research Grants Officer 6488 4708 olivia.langensiepen@uwa.edu.au M459
Mackay, Ms Tammie Research Finance Officer 6488 1656 tammie.mackay@uwa.edu.au M459
Mandel, Mrs Valerie Manager, Research Finance Team 6488 3931 valerie.mandel@uwa.edu.au M459
Razzaq, Mr Maruf Research Finance Officer 6488 1408 maruf.razzaq@uwa.edu.au M459
Roche, Mr Robert Manager, Research Grants Team 6488 2033 robert.roche@uwa.edu.au M459