Table 3.

Summary of components of research position role

Components of Research Role	Davila et al., 2006 [25]	Hulcombe et al., 2014 [11]	Janssen et al., 2013 [15]	Perry et al., 2008 [14]	Ried et al., 2007 [9, 16]	Reid et al., 2011 [24]	Whitworth et al., 2011 [26]
Provide academic support to individuals and/or teams
Getting started in research				x
Obtain funding for research				x
Disseminating research (writing for publication)				x
Ongoing support of projects (e.g., mentoring/ encouragement)			x	x		x
Assist groups in steps of research (e.g., ethics, conducting literature review, grant writing)			x			x	x
Help establish collaborations and networks			x	x
Education and training	x	x	x	x		x
Support research utilization			x	x
Develop own research
Undertake/develop specific research projects/streams	x	x			x	x	x
Supervise students (i.e., research higher degree) or staff	x	x
Conference presentations		x
Prepare publications		x			x
Attract research grant funding		x				x
Service level/organisational support
Strategy development				x
Establish service level and study agreements						x
Establish database of research activities				x		x
Establish research conferences				x
Leadership and collaboration through networks and governance		x		x
Develop research culture/ promote research activity				x		x
Produce annual report						x
Other non-research tasks
Clinical work	x
Managing events							x