Research performance data & reporting
The data and information we collect about research funding, expenditure, publications and VU research student completions enables us to recognise research achievements.
It informs decisions about the ongoing investment in research and supports the Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.
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Measure of Research Activity (MORA)
The Measure of Research Activity (MORA) is used at VU as a measure of research activity. The MORA incorporates research funding, research publications and supervision of higher degree by research student completions achieved over a 3 year assessment window. Other significant research outcomes can also be included. The MORA incorporates weightings designed to strongly drive research quality and collaboration. Staff at different academic levels are expected to achieve distinct benchmarks. A portion of MORA data is used to inform academic workloads as well as being used in a variety of other contexts.
New academic staff are able to obtain recognition for research outputs produced at other institutions.
Measuring Individual Research Activity (MIRA or known as MORA) policy is available at at the VU Policy Library. Procedures have also been developed.
Institutional Repository
VU research publications are available through our open-access publications repository.
Research classification codes
Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification 2008 (ANZSRC)
Contact us
If you would like further information about research performance and data management, contact:
Floris van der Leest
Manager, Research Information Systems and Reporting
Phone: + 61 3 9919 2126
Email: Floris.VanDerLeest@vu.edu.au