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• ​​​Identify, support and reward excellence and achievement in research and development.
  
• ​Ensure that the University has effective planning and information systems in support of research and knowledge transfer.
  
• Increase research income and improve the recovery of direct and indirect costs of research funded by external sponsors.

• Establish direction and priorities for cross-disciplinary research.

• Foster research collaborations and knowledge transfer with regional and national universities, with international universities and institutes, and with employers and commercial partners to address research needs.

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