Governance

The RCC reports to The University of Queensland’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) and attracts core funding from the University's research budget.

The RCC has two committees related to governance:

• External Advisory Committee
• RCC Management Committee.

External Advisory Committee

The role of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) is to assist the RCC Director in forming the overall strategic direction of the RCC. 

A key objective is to establish the RCC as a leader in cutting-edge eResearch best practice. 

Through its members, the EAC will provide links to external organisations of both national and international significance. The committee will explore both national and international funding opportunities. 

Because of the involvement of international advisors, the committee will use video-conference meetings wherever possible, and will meet once per year. 

The EAC comprises the following members:

• Professor David Abramson, Director, RCC
• UQ DVC-R or delegate (Currently Professor Robyn Ward)
• CEO, QCIF or delegate (Currently Mr Rob Cook)
• Director of eResearch at another Go8 University (currently Professor Paul Bonnington, Monash University)
• One or more international advisors (currently Professor Fran Berman, Chair, US Research Data Alliance, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Professor Mike Norman, Director, San Diego Supercomputer Centre; Professor Dieter Kranzmuller, Director, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Munich. 

RCC Management Committee  

The role of the RCC Management Committee is to assist the RCC Director in matters relating to the Centre’s operation, including setting annual goals, assessing progress towards goals, and levels of funding required to support the ongoing operations and strategic initiatives. 

The committee will meet face-to-face twice a year. The Research Management Committee comprises the following members: 

• Professor David Abramson, Director, RCC
• Two Deans of relevant Faculties or Directors of Institutes at UQ (currently Professor Steven Walker, Dean, Science; and Professor Tim Dunne, Dean, Humanities and Social Science)
• UQ ITS Director or delegate (currently Mr Rob Moffat, Director, ITS)
• UQ Library Director or delegate (currently Mr Bob Gerrity, Director, Library)
• Senior academics with relevant links to the RCC (currently Dr Lachlan Coin, Institute for Molecular Bioscience; Associate Professor Lutz Gross, Earth Sciences; Professor Mark Western, Institute for Social Science Research; Dr Andrew Janke, Centre for Advanced Imaging; Professor Debra Bernhardt, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology; Professor Jose Torero Cullen, Civil Engineering; and Professor Matthew Brown, Diamantina Institute.