To increase the quantity and quality of the university s research output 5. Improve the university s research infrastructure.
Infrastructure is an important resource necessary for all research.
The level and form of research infrastructure varies between disciplines, ranging from the use of libraries in some faculties to large and expensive items of equipment in others. Monash currently has a competitive advantage in research in some areas because of its strong infrastructure base. To retain that advantage the university must plan the acquisition, maintenance and allocation of these resources. A portion of the RIBG will continue to be used to maintain central facilities, such as libraries and centralised computational resources. The scheme was intended to address infrastructure needs which might not be well covered under the standard formula allocation process eg cross-faculty proposals.