Declaration of Interest (DoI) Form

This form relates to foreign engagement activity entered into by you personally (not arranged through the University of Adelaide).


The University of Adelaide must be pro-active in safeguarding its autonomy and reputation in a global context. In recent years, the Australian Government has recommended that the Australian higher education sector apply additional vigilance to all international engagements citing an unprecedented scale of foreign interference they believe is intended to harm Australia’s national interests. This vigilance should be applied to all University-related activities where the activities involve engagements with foreign entities.


To meet the Australian government’s expectation, and other national and international compliance obligations, the University requires all staff and titleholders to declare all of their foreign engagement activities so that there is institutional knowledge of all such activity and an ability to identify and manage risk. All such personnel are required to complete this declaration form.


The following types of foreign activity do NOT need to be declared on this form:

  • Any engagement arranged through official University of Adelaide channels (e.g. Faculty/Division, or contracting entities such as Innovation & Commercialisation Services, Legal & Risk, and Global Engagement). Such arrangements cannot proceed without endorsement through the Foreign Engagement Compliance Review.
  • Informal research collaborations (for example the co-authoring of papers) that have not attracted any financial benefit exceeding the conflict of interest value limits (explained below).
  • Review of postgraduate theses or grant applications that have not attracted any financial benefit exceeding the conflict of interest value limits (explained below).


Declaring benefits received

You must be transparent about any cash and in-kind support or other benefits you receive as a part of any declared activity. A benefit, as described by the University’s conflict of interest procedures, includes but is not limited to:

  • Director's fees, shares, share options, equity holdings or other forms of securities in companies.
  • Gifts, other financial benefits, subsidised travel and living expenses, or personal favours.
  • Sponsorship of an investigation, provision of research materials or access to laboratories or other facilities.
  • The share of commercial or other returns which are permitted to flow to staff under the University‘s policies.

If the total benefit received is a value less than $500 then you do not need to declare it.


The assessment process

Depending on nature of the your declaration, you may be required to provide additional information and the information you provide may be forwarded on to other people as a part of an assessment process and also to your area head or supervisor. The reason for this is to ensure that any identified risks, including actual or perceived conflicts of interest, are properly managed.


Additional information sources

  1. University of Adelaide Integrity and Accountability webpage
  2. University of Adelaide Foreign Compliance webpage
  3. Seek advice from the University's Defence and National Security Officer by emailing dso@adelaide.edu.au.

STAFF MEMBER OR TITLEHOLDER DETAILS

The automated workflows of this system will not work without a valid University of Adelaide ID entered in this section.

Please enter the 7 numeric digits of the UoA ID (leave out the "a"). This field must contain a valid University of Adelaide ID number, and cannot contain any non-numeric characters.

Please provide the name of your immediate Line Manager.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST QUESTIONS

What category of staff member or titleholder are you?*

In the context of this form, HDR Students are considered to be staff members, but will be recorded as their own category.


If you are a titleholder you would most likely be "Academic".

  1. Advanced materials and manufacturing
  2. Additive manufacturing (incl. 3D printing)
  3. Advanced composite materials
  4. Advanced explosives and energetic materials
  5. Advanced magnets and superconductors
  6. Advanced protection
  7. Continuous flow chemical synthesis
  8. Coatings
  9. Critical minerals extraction and processing
  10. High-specification machining processes
  11. Nanoscale materials and manufacturing
  12. Novel metamaterials
  13. Smart materials
  14. AI, computing and communications
  15. Advanced data analytics
  16. Advanced integrated circuit design and fabrication
  17. Advanced optical communications
  18. Advanced radiofrequency communications (incl. 5G and 6G)
  19. Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and hardware accelerators
  20. Distributed ledgers
  21. High performance computing
  22. Machine learning (incl. neural networks and deep learning)
  23. Natural language processing (incl. speech and text recognition and analysis)
  24. Protective Cyber Security Technologies
  25. Biotechnology, gene technologies and vaccines
  26. Biological manufacturing
  27. Biomaterials
  28. Genetic engineering
  29. Genome and genetic sequencing and analysis (Next Generation Sequencing)
  30. Nanobiotechnology
  31. Nanoscale robotics
  32. Neural engineering
  33. Novel antibiotics and antivirals
  34. Nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
  35. Synthetic biology
  36. Vaccines and medical countermeasures
  37. Energy and environment
  38. Biofuels
  39. Directed energy technologies
  40. Electric batteries
  41. Hydrogen and ammonia for power
  42. Nuclear energy
  43. Nuclear waste management and recycling
  44. Photovoltaics
  45. Supercapacitors
  46. Quantum
  47. Post-quantum cryptography
  48. Quantum communications (incl. quantum key distribution)
  49. Quantum computing
  50. Quantum sensors
  51. Sensing, timing and navigation
  52. Advanced imaging systems
  53. Atomic clocks
  54. Gravitational-force sensors
  55. Inertial navigation systems
  56. Magnetic field sensors
  57. Miniature sensors
  58. Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging sensors
  59. Photonic sensors
  60. Radar
  61. Satellite positioning and navigation
  62. Scalable and sustainable sensor networks
  63. Sonar and acoustic sensors
  64. Transportation, robotics and space
  65. Advanced aircraft engines (incl. hypersonics)
  66. Advanced robotics
  67. Autonomous systems operation technology
  68. Drones, swarming and collaborative robots
  69. Small satellites
  70. Space launch systems (incl. launch vehicles and supporting infrastructure)


For more information please refer to the documents (right-click to open in new tab or window so as not to lose form completion progress) published by the Critical Technologies Policy Coordination Office (CTPCO).


Please select all areas from the drop down list below that relate to your academic activity. If none apply, please select "None of the above" to register that you have declared your academic activity is NOT in an area related to a Critical Technology.

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In answering "Yes" to any of the preceding questions, how many distinct declarations do you wish to make?*

*** More than 10 declarations ***

This form has space for up to 10 declarations to be entered. You will be contacted via an automated email containing instructions on how to provide the detail for any declarations not entered here. On THIS form, please enter the details for your 10 most important declarations.

Declaration Instructions

The "Entity" refers to the organisation, university, company, foreign government, foreign military, policing or intelligence organisation with whom you are affiliated and about which you are making the declaration. Please enter the name of the entity in this field.


"Entity Country": Please enter the country where the entity is located. In the case of multinational entities (other than the EU or UN which can be selected as special cases), please enter the country in which the entity is headquartered.


"Start Date": Please enter the date at which your affiliation with the entity began. If you are unsure, just approximate.


"End Date": Please enter the date at which your affiliation with the entity ended. If you are unsure, just approximate. If the affiliation is ongoing, then leave this field blank.


"Detail": Please provide details of your affiliation with the entity, including any associated benefits (if you receive or you anticipate receiving any financial support or other benefits as a part of the declared activity), name of funding program, type of support, and/or a summary of any position you hold, including any associated obligations.


To provide context to your declaration you may upload any document (e.g. an appointment letter, or consultancy contract) in the upload box at the end of this form.

Declaration 1

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Declaration 2

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STAFF MEMBER DECLARATION / FORM SUBMISSION

This is your opportunity to provide additional material relating to any of your declarations. For example, if you have indicated you have an appointment with a foreign entity, please upload your formal appointment letter.

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