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.

Communications can present the greatest risks to a project, as such, most funding organisations will require you to create a communications plan with your project.

In everyday life, work, and science projects, people generally don’t like to talk about risk. There is a perception that talking about risk will stop something from happening (e.g. a project).

There are several different types of risk that should be thought about when you’re setting up a project, but one of the most common risks are those related to internal communications within your project team

A proposal is usually used for requesting funding to do research.

The first step in risk planning and management is identifying the risks.

Once you’ve identified your risks you can then set about putting things in place to minimise or avoid negative risks, increase chances of an opportunity arising or its impact, and working out which risks should just be accepted.