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Research Management System (RMS) - Overview

The Research Management System (RMS) is being designed as an online system for fully electronic submission of proposals seeking Commonwealth research funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC).

Scope

RMS is an integrated web based solution that covers submission and evaluation areas of ARC program management and reporting. RMS will incorporate the whole lifecycle of proposals/projects including:

• Pre-submission
• creation of schemes by the ARC,
• draft proposals,
• Research/Administration Office management
• Submission and Selection
• submission of proposals,
• assignment and assessment of proposals,
• ARC selection advisory committee meetings,
• funding decisions and outcomes

Content

Some key features of RMS are summarised below:

• User Management - provides access control for RMS system functionality and secure personal and organisational access to specific proposals (draft and submitted) and projects.
• Scheme Management - supports setting up and maintaining funding requirements for schemes and scheme rounds including budget categories, participation types, selection criteria etc.
• Proposal Management - enables creation and submission of proposals by the Chief Investigator (CI) or representative, including auto population of existing data wherever possible to reduce workload and assist data quality, management of edit rights for all investigators on proposals, and Research Office review and submission of proposals.
• Proposal Assessment – Enables fully electronic review of proposals along with submission of assessment scores and comments.
• Meeting Management - allows efficient management of selection meeting processes.

Schedule

RMS is being released in the following phases:

• Phase 1 – implemented - the meeting management functionality is developed and in use during Selection Advisory Committee meetings.
• Phase 2 – implemented - pre-meeting and management functions including user management, scheme management, and proposal submission processes.

Contact the RMS Team

If you wish to contact the team click this link: RMS team.