In Australia, the conduct of research involving humans is governed by various state legislation, which links to the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and the Australian Code for Responsible Conduct of Research.

It takes a certain kind of person, commitment and perseverance to be a successful scientist, in any field or application…but take a moment to think about all the skills that you have developed as a scientist.

A scientist is one of the few professions where failure means progress. No one wants their project or experiments to fail, but a large part of science is failing and learning it.

Risk management is what you do when a ‘risk’ becomes an ‘issue’, which puts you in the situation where you have to work out how you are going to manage this issue to keep the project on track.

Having ideas is a great thing and makes up the foundation of scientific research.

At the beginning of your project, you should clearly understand what the project is planning to achieve as the primary outcome.

There are several different types of resources when it comes to R&D projects, and it is important to know what they are, how you can access them, when you can access them and how to use them most efficiently without wasting them.