Multidisciplinary Initiatives Committee (MDI)

Commencing in January 2018, the UE MDI Committee purpose was to oversee six University MDIs which for purposes of meetings were grouped as follows:
UE MDI I:
    Brain and Mind Centre (BMC): focusing on mental health and neuroscience.
    Charles Perkins Centre (CPC): focusing on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
    Sydney Environment Institute (SEI): focusing on the relationship between humans and the natural world.
UE MDI II:
    The University of Sydney Nano Institute (Sydney Nano): focusing on applying nanoscience and nanotechnologies to strategically identified sectors.
    Centre for Translational Data Science (CTDS): focusing on applying data and machine learning technologies to strategically identified domains.
    Sydney Policy Lab: focusing on applying policy research and policy translation expertise to a wide number of complex societal issues.

Other MDIs to be added to the committee as the University strategy matured.

Terms of Reference in 2018 were:

The purpose of UE Committees is to:
    contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of University strategy
    review strategic matters
    consider planning and prioritisation proposals within the portfolio of the Chair, ie the Research Portfolio
    monitor performance against agreed KPIs, and
    be a conduit for institutional discussions and faculty discussions in the domain.

The UE MDI Committee has authority to:
    provide advice to the DVC (Research) and DVC (Education) on MDI-related matters, following the strategic direction agreed by the University Executive, and
    provide advice to the DVC (Research) and DVC (Education) on financial allocations to the limit of the DVC (Research) and DVC (Education) delegation, on proposals formally supported by the University budget process.