Status and Details
This page contains information about the status, approval and implementation of this document, contact details for enquiries about document application/interpretation, and a brief summary of changes between this and the previous version.
            
        
             1/6/2021: The Research Policy suite has been subject to major review and revised to address identified policy gaps and further enhance RMIT’S research governance framework. • 30 (b): The wording of this provision has been updated to reflect broadened defence export controls for responsible movement of Defence-related goods, technologies and services, and to reference the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Act 2024.Research Policy
            
                
                    
            
                         
                    Status 
                        Current 
                        
                     
                         
                    Effective Date 
                        8th November 2024 
                        
                     
                         
                    Review Date 
                        1st June 2026 
                        
                     
                         
                        Approval Authority 
                        Academic Board 
                        
                     
                             
                        
                    Approval Authority - Admin Changes 
                            Manager, Central Policy 
                            
                         
                         
                    Approval Date 
                        10th May 2021 
                        
                     
                         
                    Expiry Date 
                        Not Applicable 
                        
                     
                         
                    
                    Policy Author 
                        Jane Holt
                             
                        
                            Executive Director, Research Strategy and Services
                            
                        
                     
                         
                    
                    
                    Policy Owner 
                        Calum Drummond
                             
                        
                            Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Innovation
                            
                        
                     
                         
                
            Enquiries Contact 
                        Research Services
                         
                        
                     Summary of Changes from Previous Version
                
8/11/2024: Minor amendments approved by the DVCRI on 25 October 2024 as follows:
• 7 (b): An administrative amendment has been made to this provision to reflect the shift from Reconciliation to Responsible Practice, reference RMIT’s Indigenous strategic commitments and remove references and links to the RMIT’s Reconciliation Action Plans. The wording of this provision has been updated to reference.
• Minor grammatical changes to the content of provisions 9 (b) (c) and 22 (a) to improve clarity and readability.
Clauses Amended:Policy: 30(b), 7(b), 9(b)(c), 22(a)