The Malaysia Association of Research
Managers and Administrators (MyRMA)
Professor Dr Shaliza Ibrahim

Acting Director, Institute of Research Management andServices, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
President MyRMA

Research Management in Malaysia
How we evolved• 1990s - bigger government research grants for Malaysianacademics.
• Public institutions bound by government procedures andregulations on procurement, travelling, and field work
• Had to cope with the increased paperwork and related processes• Hiring of contract staff and seconding academics to management
positions• As the country’s research mature, researchers were awarded more
complex projects from international and private entities.
• Higher level project management and even understanding theresearch discipline became necessary.
• The diverse role of research managers became evident, especiallyas we engaged with our counterparts in other countries.

Research Managers andAdministrators
Malaysian Context
Public institutions (HEI and research institutes)– government schemes• Administrators (N)• Research officers (Q)• Science officers (C)• Financial officers (W)• IT officers (F)• Academics seconded to administrative posts

Private institutions – open scheme

How MyRMA came to be
Malaysian
Research
Management &Governance
Project
2015- 2019

Professional ResearchManagers

July 2019

Malaysia Research
Assessment (2021)

MOHE

Data Curation andRepository

Malaysia OpenScience Platform
Launched in 2019

Academy ofSciences
Malaysia
MOSTI

Full Economic
Costing and TRAC

At institutional
level

Research Impact

About MyRMA
Established in 2019
MyRMA is a national-level association and is open to individuals
and organizations interested in, or supporting research
management objectives, including higher education institutions(HEI), research agencies, and funders.

Significance of MyRMA• The formation of MyRMA signifies our readiness to upgrade themanagement and administration of research in Malaysia to aprofessional level, on par with international practices.
• MyRMA aims to be a platform for research managers/administratorsfrom the public and private academic and research agencies, as well as
funders, to interact, exchange ideas, and collaborate in variousactivities.
• This is expected to contribute towards enhancing the effectiveness ofresearch management and the quality of the research itself, as well as
research outcomes.

MyRMA Vision & Mission
VisionExcellence in research management towards realising impactfulresearchMission• To facilitate impactful research by identifying and establishing

best practices in research management and administration• To nurture excellence in the research management profession

Types of Membership
Membership shall be opened to individuals and organisations that interested in, support the objectiveof management of research and individual that attached to any organization that is involved in theconducts of research

Individual members

Individual members
carry one (1) vote

Institutional Members
Institutional members
carry three (3) votes.

Entitled to register all
relevant staff as
Individual Members

Honorary Members– by invitation only
Contribute to theMalaysian researchmanagement

MyRMA Activities• Upskilling through jointly organised training workshops• Sharing of best practices, diverse roles• Talks on research management and related areas• Career pathway for research managers• Professionalization of RMA• Stakeholders engagement• International networking
1. Research Impact – impact writing, measurement
2. Open Science – data stewardship
3. Full Economic Costing – costing officers, developing template

ASEAN-Japan Cooperation in Researchfor Malaysia• JSPS Programme ran for over 1 decade – significant benefits in termsof mobility, networking, collaboration among researchers fromMalaysia and Japan• Even though the grants have expired, collaboration and friendship
continue till this day• JSPS Alumni Association – recently established – bring in newgeneration of researchers• After JSPS – Asia Core programme

ASEAN-Japan Cooperation in Researchfor Malaysia• SATREP programme coordinated by MOHE and JICA.
• Many previous programmes are reorganized and merged into SATREPand JICA progammes

Journal of Research Management &Governance (JRMG)
https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/JRMG

1

1st Publication

2Advisor &Editorial Boarde-ISSN:2637-1103

Advisor:Prof. Dr. Shaliza Ibrahim(Universiti Malaya)

Peer
Reviewed

Editor-in-Chief:
Prof. Dr. A.S. Md. Abdul Haseeb (UniversitiMalaya)
Managing Editor:
Mr. Chang Lee Wei (Universiti Malaya)

To provide a platform for sharing anddissemination of knowledge in
research
management
areas,
especially in the tertiary level.
Full-Length
ArticleShort Communication

Case Study
Opinion Paper

Book Review/
Conference
ReportEditorial Members• Professor Dr. Alan Johnson (ResearchManagement Services International)• Professor Dr. Mohd Shahir Shamsir Omar
(Universiti Teknologi Malaysia)• Professor Dr. Noor Hayaty Abu Kasim(Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)• Professor Dr. Saiful Anuar Karsani(Universiti Malaya)• Dr. Abang Azlan Mohamad (UniversitiMalaysia Sarawak)• Dr. Yi Ren (Macquarie University)• Dr. Taro Sonobe (Kyoto University)• Jagdees Pabla (Coventry University)• Katrina Lawson (Oxford University ClinicalResearch Unit)

3

Specific Topics Include(but not limited to):Cover all aspects related to management andadministration of research in universities, researchorganizations and funding agencies including (butnot limit to):• strategies & policies in research management andadministration• study & practice of research management profession• impact & Return on Investment (ROI) of research• open science (open access and open data)• changing
landscape/development
ofresearch
environment/ecosystem• full economic costing & research funding• knowledge transfer from research to application• data science & data curation as applied to research
management• implications of major external influences on research
management(e.g. funding, research collaborations, politics, world
economy, mega trends etc.)

Contact Info
Address:
Level 7, Institute of Research Management & Services,
Research Management & Innovation Complex, University ofMalaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Contact person:
Dr Tan Hsiao Wei
Secretary
MyRMA

Website: myrma.org
Email: myrma.office@gmail.com
Tel: +603 7967 4643/4525

Thank You