Applications for research projects are appraised by our Major Projects and Review team and final approval of projects is at the discretion of our Director-General.
To be considered for departmental support, research needs to be:
- relevant - closely linked to strategic direction of our department
- applicable - able to be applied to critical aspects of the various services including the child protection system
- comprehensive - sufficiently inclusive to represent actual practices
- methodologically sound - use processes that achieve reliable and valid data
- multi-disciplinary - crossing and going beyond the traditional disciplines involved in human service delivery
- inclusive of a range of types of research - quantitative and qualitative, longitudinal case studies, economic and mathematical modelling and clinical research studies
Further information
Further information or enquiries about the research approval process, or to obtain research application forms for in-principle support to conduct research, or approval to conduct research, please contact the Major Projects and Review unit.
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