Across the word, universities research performance and capacity has become a vital theme in Higher Education Institutions. Need to effective structure to build the better research performance in any universities has been focused. It is necessary to identify factors shall be affect to effectiveness of research structures. This case study focused on Islamic Azad University (Tehran branches) with the purpose of identifying and ranking factors that influence the effectiveness of research structures in universities. Main research questions are as follows (1) What is effective research structure in Islamic Azad Universities? (2) What conceptual model of the proposed indicators can be suggested to IAU? A research sample include 274 faculty members in the 8 University branches were determined and selecting according to Morgan Table. After gathering data by questionnaire instrument, the data was analyzed by factors Analysis Method. The results of this study show that eight factors 80% have contributed in research structures effectiveness. The presented conceptual model indicated that factors respectively, clarity of research vision (0.72%), professionalism (0.71%), Research facilities (0.64%), Management style (0.62%), Research Infrastructure (0.61%), Evaluation Mechanism (0.60%), Networking and international collaboration (0.59%) and Research capabilities (0.56%) contribute in effectiveness of research structure. For the reliability and fitting of the model, with use of the goodness model, result of indicated that X2(1.63), CFI (0.93), RMSEA (0.019) and GFI (0.84). So, the finding of this study provides implications for Higher Education Institutions administrators in closer attention to key factors and further supporting research building.
