Research Contracts - Research Account Codes

The Research Office is responsible for determining whether research projects and research funding meet the definitions set out by DEST, and it initiates the establishment of the appropriate account code.

The basic steps are:

1. The researcher attaches a fully signed RO Coversheet/Checklist for Contracts to the draft Agreement
2. The RO classifies the activity as research
3. The Agreement goes through legal review before execution
4. The Research Office records the Research Contract details on its database,
5. The Research Office instructs the Grants and Donations to open a research fund, and
6. The Research Office notifies the researcher and school/departmental administrators that the fund has been opened.

Income derived from Research Contracts that are not in the appropriate fund are not counted as research, and thus the faculty/school/department receives no DEST Block Funding from that research income.

(More on DEST Block Funding)