Te Kōhure Research Office
We help researchers with funding, contracts, ethics, systems, rankings, and development.
Staff and postgraduate students
Staff and postgraduate students can also find more information about research at the University and teams in Te Kōhure Research Office on the intranet Research Hub.
How we can help
Get ethics approval
Guidance and approvals for human ethics and animal ethics.
- Human ethics: human-ethics@vuw.ac.nz
- Animal ethics: aecadmin@vuw.ac.nz
Get funding
Support for external grants, internal grants, budgets, awards, and international partnerships.
- External funding: ResearchFunding@vuw.ac.nz
- Internal funding: internalgrants@vuw.ac.nz
Set up a contract
Help with contracts, subcontracts, variations, collaboration agreements, and NDAs.
- Contact: research-contracts@vuw.ac.nz
Manage project finances
Guidance on accounts, reporting, and post-award financial support.
- Contact: researchtrust@vuw.ac.nz
Systems support
Help with the Hōkai ethics portal and with Elements profiles and publications.
- Hōkai: Hōkai@vuw.ac.nz
- Elements: elements-help@vuw.ac.nz
Rangahau Māori
Support for Vision Mātauranga and the Mātauranga Māori Research Fund.
- Contact: Rangahau@vuw.ac.nz
Rankings
Information on international rankings processes and data.
- Contact: Research-Office@vuw.ac.nz
Researcher development
Support for training, skills, and impact resources.
- Contact: Research-Office@vuw.ac.nz