Terms of Reference (ToR)

The R&D Committee is responsible for the following roles and functions:

•To facilitate and implement the Faculty’s Research Strategy on behalf of the FoB Management
•To initiate and promote inter-Department and inter-Faculty research work
•To maintain, via Associate Dean (R&D), a formal link between the FoB and University R&D Committee and R&D Office
•To monitor the Faculty’s research performance
•To identify and prioritise responses to major research funding opportunities
•To coordinate and prioritise collaborative bids across the Faculty
•To develop strategies for the marketing of the research capabilities of the Faculty
•To advise on, and monitor the quality of, support for the Faculty’s research activities & HDR students’ needs
•To advise on the coordination of major research facilities within the Faculty
•To advise the Faculty Management on the allocation of funding for research initiatives
•Members are responsible for providing a conduit for communication from the Committee to Departments.

Duration of membership shall be for one year.

Membership 

The R&D Committee membership shall comprise:

• Associate dean, R&D (Chair)
• Faculty dean (ex officio)
• HDR programme coordinator
• Academic staff representing all departments within the FoB
• HDR student representative

Meetings
The committee shall meets four times a year.