Developed collaboratively by the Go8 universities, the Future Research Leaders Program seeks to equip current and aspiring resesearch leaders with the skills and knowledge critical to successful research leadership and management in today's highly competitive global environment. 

Program structure
Program participants commence with an online induction/orientation module, Settling In: The Researcher's Guide to Your University, designed for researchers who are new to Go8 universities. 

The subsequent eight modules seek to prepare participants for future roles as managers of research grants and leaders of research teams. These modules explore the roles and responsibilities that researchers assume as project managers, as research supervisors, as team leaders and as centre leaders.

Each module will comprise independent-study online learning material that is completed prior to an end-of-module workshop. The total time commitment for participants will be in the order of 8 to 16 hours per module. The modules can be undertaken in any order.

The eight modules target the development of specific capabilities in the following areas:

1. Research Strategy and Planning
2. Commencement and Collaboration: Putting Ideas into Practice
3. Governance and Compliance: Protecting Yourself, Your Research and Your University
4. Intellectual Property and Commercialisation
5. Financial, Resource and Risk Management
6. Grant and Contract Administration
7. Managing and Leading People in a Research Context
8. Project Closeout

Once you have enrolled for the program and have been given log-in details, you can commence the program by clicking on the Modules link at the top of the page.

Who should do the program?
Early to mid-career researchers working towards leadership roles, as well as established research leaders, should all benefit from taking the program.

For researchers - improved grant prospects
These modules will enable you to improve your ability to gain research grants and your ability to manage projects successfully. Major granting bodies strongly support participation in this initiative because they believe that researchers who have participated in it will be more likely to make the best use of their grant funding.

For Heads of School/Discipline - research leadership and development strategies
The program will provied you with an enhanced array of research management and leadership skills. It also provides an avenue for professional development in research management for your staff, presenting an opportunity for you to discuss participation in the program with them in the course of their Performance and Developmetn Review process.

For Executive Deans & Associate Deans (Research) - enhanced research quality and research impact
The program provides you with an avenue to improve the quality and impact of research management within your Faculty.

Timetable & Enrolment
For dates & times of module delivery, visit our Workshop Schedule page.

To register, go to our Online Enrolment facility.

More information
Contact Dr. Ian Green, Researcher Education & Development, Adelaide Graduate Centre
Phone: (08) 8303 6035, 0438 756 936
Email: ian.green@adelaide.edu.au