How-to guides and resources for staff supporting research candidates

Our research candidates are supported by their supervisors, HDR convenors, administrative support staff and Griffith Graduate Research School. This page provides the necessary how-to guides and resources to ensure consistency and integrity in the provision of that support. Please note: Many of the following resources require you to be logged in to the Griffith Portal.

Supervisor information

Information on starting HDR supervision at Griffith as well as supervisor registration and appointment.

Supervisor workshops

Griffith University's HDR supervisor workshop program consists of two compulsory accreditation modules plus a variety of optional elective workshops.

Managing candidature

Making changes to candidature

Milestones and requirements

Preparing your thesis

Thesis submission and examination

Candidate support

HDR Dashboard and service request support

The HDR Supervision Dashboard provides up-to-date information about your candidates.

Quick reference guides

Additional support (including videos)

Online admissions support

System information on assessing and approving HDR admission applications.

Quick reference guides

Additional support (including videos)

Examinations systems support

How to track a thesis examination and access the Evaluation workcentre to provide a recommendation as the Chairperson of Examiners.

Additional support (including videos)

Scholarships systems support

Details on the scholarship scoring and ranking online system.

Additional support (including videos)

Notes for the guidance of the Chairperson of Examiners

Notes for the guidance of Examiners

Useful policies and guidelines

Setting up and advertising scholarships

Find out how to set up and advertise a scholarship for research candidates at Griffith University.

Scholarship round information

View answers to some of our scholarship FAQs including when applicants should apply in the Continuous Scholarship Round and scholarship selection meeting dates.

HDR scholarship self-assessment tool

This scholarship self-assessment tool is for Griffith staff use only. Supervisors and HDR convenors are encouraged to use this tool when considering potential applicants for scholarships.

Assessing applicants from sanctioned countries

Staff responsibilities are detailed in this policy (PDF 243k); and sanction compliance support is available via the sanction compliance website.

HDR industry engagement and partnerships

Find out more about industry engagement opportunities for your doctoral candidates at Griffith including industry scholarships, external programs such as the National Industry PhD program and research placement/block internships.

HDR industry engagement and partnerships

Support for HDR convenors

HDR convenors have access to the HDR Portfolio Partners Support Hub SharePoint and Teams pages that allow you to ask GGRS or other HDR Convenors questions and access resources specific to your role.

Teams site (login required)

Sharepoint site (login required)

HDR candidate newsletters

The GGRS HDR Candidate eNews – produced by Griffith Graduate Research School – provides news, advice and information about upcoming professional development opportunities to HDR candidates at Griffith University.

Past editions and subscription options (login required)

Other useful contacts

  • Research grants, publications and outputs; research integrity, ethics, development and performance queries – Office for Research
  • Legal advice, tenders, agreements and contracts – Legal Services
  • Other research support – including intellectual property advice, commercial research support and more