RESEARCH PLANINSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:The Research Plan provides the blueprint for a candidate’s Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and must be completed within the first six months (full time equivalent) of candidature. First year candidates are required to prepare with their Supervisory Team a Research Plan. In the case of research in the creative arts, the Research Plan may include visual or aural documentation relating to practice-led research development. Candidates must discuss this plan with their supervisors and graduate research coordinator. The Primary Supervisor must approve the Research Plan. A copy of the candidate’s Research Plan should be saved to your iGRad record. NOTE: If any part of the Research Plan does not comply with disciplinary norms or established guidelines in the school of enrolment, then the details must be discussed with the Graduate Research Coordinator (GRC) prior to submission.The Research Plan maps the aims, methods, directions and milestones of the research degree. By Confirmation of Candidature, the Research Plan will have been fine tuned and any issues affecting progress discussed and addressed within it. The Research Plan outlines the rationale, research context and structural outline; it includes the entire timetable and forward plan for a candidate’s HDR. It considers, where appropriate, issues surrounding ethics, budgetary requirements and access to infrastructure. The Plan is a guiding document, and because the research process is, by its nature, dynamic, it should be continually updated. However, at the end of the first year the Supervisory Team will have settled on a framework that can be modified with new developments and opportunities bearing in mind the overall timeline imposed by maximum candidature.NOTE: To add your electronic signature, copy and paste your signature file (JPG, BMP or PNG formats) into the signature box.

SECTION A – TO BE COMPLETED BY THE CANDIDATE

1. Candidate Details

Candidate Name:       UTAS Student ID:      

School/Institute: Choose an item. *

2. Research Proposal Details

Provide research proposal details for your study area. Ensure you include a rationale for the research including a brief overview of current knowledge of the topic and a statement/s about the key hypothesis, questions and/or aims of the research. Suggested subheadings include; Title; Background; Research Rationale, Aims/Objectives/Questions, Methodology, Outputs & References

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NOTE: The text box will increase in size as you provide detail.

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3. Timetable

Outline the major milestones you need to deliver in your research project and other candidature milestones. Outline the major tasks to be undertaken in each of those milestone, include an estimated start/end date for each milestone.The timetable should include realistic, sequential milestones indicating content, activities and/or research to be undertaken in preparation for the write-up of your thesis.Timetable for the study should aim for submission within the maximum degree period of candidature (2 years full time for Masters and 4 years full time for PhD).

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Expected Submission Date: dd/mm/yyyy

4. Detailed Budget Information

The Research Plan may include a detailed budget appropriate to the research project. This budget should be regarded as indicative, an exercise in financial planning and subject to reasonable annual adjustment in the light of the project’s evolution. The intention would be to ensure project costs are compatible with available funds. Research related expenses might cover: fieldwork, laboratory consumables, additional library services, off-site photocopying, thesis preparation or any other expenses that can be substantiated as a legitimate cost. NOTE: The budget is not an automatic entitlement to spend an allocated amount regardless of the changing needs of the project.

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5. Ethics Approval Information

You need to consider if your project has ethics implications. The UTAS Research Ethics Policy, information and forms for both Animal and Human (Social Science and Health and Medical) research projects are available from the following web site: http://www.utas.edu.au/research-admin/research-integrity-and-ethics-unit-rieu If you and your supervisor are uncertain about whether ethics approval is required, please call Integrity and Ethics on 6226 1832 to inquire about ethics requirements. If you require ethics approval, your supervisor and Head of School will need to complete an ethics application.Research that requires ethics approval must not commence until approval has been granted. It is University policy that theses cannot be approved for submission to examiners unless all relevant research ethics approvals have been granted.

Will your project require approval from the Ethics Committee (Human or Animal) or the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (e.g. does your research involve animal experimentation, experiments involving human participants and/or surveys/interviews; or genetic manipulation?

☐ Yes ☐ No

What date was approval obtained OR what date do you expect to obtain approval? dd/mm/yyyy

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6. Work Health and Safety

Please indicate any work health and safety issues that will need to be attended to in relation to this project. For details, please refer to the Work Health & Safety Policy Policies and Procedures. If no WHS issues need to be considered, please advise ‘none identified’.

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7. Intellectual Property

Are there any aspects of your research which are likely to result in the generation of intellectual property of potential commercial value to the University or a third party? ☐ Yes ☐ No

Are there likely to be any restrictions on the disclosure of information relating to your research? (e.g. confidential information that has been provided to you or the creation of patentable inventions? ☐ Yes ☐ No

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8. Project Infrastructure

Do you have access to the following minimum infrastructure:

Accommodation appropriate to the discipline; accommodation of no less than four square metres in floor space which is secure, ventilated, heated, lit to ASA standards, and located proximate to toilets and other amenities, with a desk space of no less than 0.5m2. There should be a clear statement about the space provided for part-time students.

☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Twenty-four hour building access and own keys ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Laboratory access where appropriate. Individual bench space and access to relevant equipment for those in laboratory-based disciplines; this does not imply permanent bench space in central facilities such as the Central Science Laboratory

☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

An ergonomically sound chair as specified by the University of Tasmania’s Occupational Health and Safety Policy ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Bookshelves ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Lockable filing cabinet, or appropriate space therein ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Full library services including access to inter-library loans and document delivery ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Shared access to an internal phone extension and a reasonable level of free access to a telephone for research related local calls. Permission required for STD/ISD calls and calls to mobile phones for research related purposes

☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Controlled fax access ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Shared mail box and mail out facilities ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Access to operational and regularly serviced photocopier ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Twenty-four hour access to tearoom facilities ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Twenty-four hour access to washroom facilities ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Access to shared dedicated postgraduate computing facilities including: computer/work station, networked printing, e-mail facilities and an address, Internet and Intranet access, IT support, and commonly used research related software where appropriate

☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Access to school stationery, such as School letterhead when necessary ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Provision of written documents or web-based material outlining School policies regarding the conduct of the graduate research program ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Remote/distance candidates provided with infrastructure appropriate to their needs. ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ NA

Other requirement ☐ Yes ☐ No

Other requirement ☐ Yes ☐ No

Other requirement ☐ Yes ☐ No

Are there additional infrastructure needs you anticipate for future stages of your project? Have these been planned for? Please provide details ☐ Yes ☐ No

If No, provide details here

9. Generic Skills

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Briefly indicated project specific skills you expect to learn during this project:

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Please list any specific training (other than the Graduate Certificate in Research), coursework or preparation that will be required in order for you to conduct your research:

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Which Graduate Certificate in Research elective units do you plan to enrol in? Please provide the year and semester of expected enrolment and the reasons why you wish to undertake these units:

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10. Candidate Agreement

I certify that this plan has been discussed with my Supervisors and Graduate Research Coordinator. ☐ Yes ☐ No

Name Signature Date

Candidate:       dd/mm/yyyy

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SECTION B – TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SUPERVISORY TEAM

11. Supervisor Endorsements

All Supervisors

We certify that this Research Plan complies with disciplinary norms and established guidelines ☐ Yes ☐ No

We have viewed and approved this Research Plan ☐ Yes ☐ No

Provide comments here (optional)

Name Signature Date

Primary Supervisor:       dd/mm/yyyy

Co-Supervisor       dd/mm/yyyy

Co-Supervisor       dd/mm/yyyy

Co-Supervisor       dd/mm/yyyy

SECTION C – TO BE COMPLETED BY GRC

12. Endorsements

Graduate Research Coordinator

I certify that I have viewed and approved this Research Plan ☐ Yes ☐ No

Provide comments here (optional)

Name Signature Date

GRC:       dd/mm/yyyy

13. Submission

Please upload this Research Plan via iGRad.

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