There are a number of research projects currently being undertaken by University of Melbourne graduate students. The researchers have asked the GSA to assist them in finding project participants, to enable research progress through data collection. If you are interested, you are invited to contact the researcher/s.
Please do not contact the GSA directly about these projects.

Projects currently requiring participants, further details and contact information here:
* Migraine and healthy eyes -  Bao Nguyen
* Cortical markers for glaucoma  - Heather Connor
* Russian speakers for research study - Sabina Vakser
* Selecting financial services in Australia - Wei Jin
* Women with vaginal thrush - Cathy Watson

Know who owns ideas. Some research students will find that their ideas are subject to policy on ownership. The Australian Government defines Intellectual Property (IP) as,

“… the property of your mind or intellect. In business terms, this also means your proprietary knowledge.”

The jurisprudence of Intellectual Property is a niche research field and the University specialist centre is the IP Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), funded by IP Australia. IP will matter more in some research compared to others. Find out what is conventionally practiced in your faculty and how its researchers define scholarly works.

Despite differences of institutional, disciplinary and individual contexts, a positive research student experience depends on a wellspring of motivation to progress towards completion.

In the University of Melbourne, the quality of support structures is not universal across faculties, departments and centres.  Structural inequities mean that financial and social capital will differ across research communities.