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Research Leadership & Project Governance

NanoTRIZ engages qualified researchers, technical specialists, and industry experts to support defined research and innovation projects.

Project roles

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  • Project Scientific Advisor — provides specialist review and strategic guidance

  • Project Scientific Lead — coordinates scientific methods, analysis, and quality review, and holds final authority on scientific matters within the project

  • Project Delivery Lead — coordinates milestones, documentation, and delivery

 

Roles are assigned according to actual responsibilities, qualifications, project requirements, and documented authority. A role exists only in relation to a specific, named project with defined start and end dates. NanoTRIZ does not confer standing scientific titles independent of a project.

These are internal, project-based designations. They do not constitute university faculty appointments, accredited research supervision, higher-degree supervision, tenure, employment, academic qualifications, or permanent institutional affiliation. Scientific authority within a project does not transfer legal or institutional responsibility, which rests with the operator of NanoTRIZ.

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Conditions of appointment

Appointment requires a signed written agreement and written confirmation that the appointee's primary employer or institution does not object to the role. Where the role involves supervision of participants under 18, the appointee must hold the child-related screening required in Queensland and comply with any equivalent requirement in their own jurisdiction.

Roles may be remunerated. Remuneration may include a share of program fees. Where a role-holder supervises fee-paying participants, the role-holder must not allow that financial interest to influence assessment, authorship, or progression decisions.

 

Written engagement

Each engagement is defined in writing. The agreement defines:

  • project scope and responsibilities

  • decision-making and review authority

  • confidentiality and intellectual property

  • authorship and publication arrangements

  • conflicts of interest

  • duration, and permitted public use of the role during and after the engagement

  • compensation, where applicable

 

Researchers affiliated with another institution remain responsible for complying with their employer's policies concerning outside activities, conflicts of interest, intellectual property, and public affiliations. Employment, contractor, or voluntary status is determined by the applicable agreement, the practical nature of the relationship, and Australian law, not by the project title alone.

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Authorship and publication affiliation

Authorship on any output arising from a project is determined by documented intellectual contribution, assessed against ICMJE criteria and recorded using CRediT roles. Authorship and author order are never determined by payment, role title, or seniority.

Use of NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute as an institutional affiliation on a publication requires separate written approval and is granted per research output, where the relevant work was genuinely conducted within the project. Holding a role does not itself confer affiliation rights, and approval for one output does not extend to any other.

 

Public representation

A NanoTRIZ role may be listed publicly only where it has been formally documented and accurately describes work actually performed. The listing must state the project and the relevant dates:

  • Project Scientific Advisor, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project Name], [dates]

  • Project Scientific Lead, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project Name], [dates]

  • Project Delivery Lead, NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute, Australia — [Project Name], [dates]

 

Titles must not be shortened, reformulated, or listed without a project and dates in a way that implies a standing appointment, employment, or institutional affiliation. Role-holders may not sign contracts, make commitments, accept payments, negotiate partnerships, or use NanoTRIZ branding without written authorisation.

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NanoTRIZ lists a person's name, image, role, or project information on its website or in any public material only with that person's prior written approval for the specific use and wording. NanoTRIZ may withdraw a role designation where an engagement ends, is not performed as documented, or where public use is inconsistent with these principles; withdrawal includes a request to remove the listing from personal profiles and CVs.

Status

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NanoTRIZ Innovation Institute is a registered business name under which Alexander A. Solovev operates as an Australian sole trader, ABN 60 349 600 938, in Brisbane, Queensland. It is not a separately incorporated company, and any agreement is entered into with him individually.

NanoTRIZ is not a university, not a TEQSA-registered higher-education provider, not an ASQA-registered training organisation, and not a CRICOS-registered provider. These roles do not constitute accredited university appointments or higher-degree supervision, and NanoTRIZ cannot issue recognised Australian higher-education awards.

 

 
 

 

 

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