A4The assessment criteria

A4.             The assessment criteria

A4.1               The assessment criteria for the Australian Laureate Fellowship are:

1. Investigator/Capability 40%

-            Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) including:

-            outstanding research outputs and achievements taking into account research opportunity;

-            evidence for and/or potential to undertake ground-breaking research;

-            leadership ability and plans to build world class research capacity and diverse teams; and

-            potential to create an enduring legacy.

-                 extent to which the candidate will build collaborations across research organisations and/or industry and/or with other disciplines both within Australia and internationally.

b.             Project quality and innovation 25%

-            novelty/originality and innovation of the proposed research (including any new methods, technologies, theories or ideas that will be developed);

-            cohesiveness of the project design and implementation plan (including the appropriateness of the aim, conceptual framework, method, data and/or analyses);

-            extent to which the research has the potential to enhance international collaboration; and

-            extent to which the research will be cost-effective and represents value for money.

-            the strategies for enabling collaboration with Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities where appropriate (for example, dialogue/collaboration with an Indigenous cultural mentor); and

c.              Benefit 10%

-            economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia and international communities; and

-            potential contribution to capacity in the Australian Government’s National Science and Research Priorities and other priorities identified by government.

d.             Mentoring and capacity building  25%

-            Mentoring, including the extent to which the candidate demonstrates:

-            exceptional ability to supervise and mentor postdoctoral researchers and other early-mid career researchers; and

-            they will be providing a suitable environment for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers.

-            Capacity building, including:

-            the extent to which the project will build new teams and create world-class research capacity, collaboration and innovation;

-            the extent to which the candidate demonstrates exceptional leadership and the organisational ability to ensure the development of scale and focus in research;