C5The assessment criteria

C5.             The assessment criteria

C5.1                The assessment criteria for the DECRA grant opportunity are:

1. Investigator/Capability 50%

-                 Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) including record of high quality research outputs appropriate to the discipline/s.

-                 capability of candidate to build collaborations both within Australia and internationally.

b.             Project quality and innovation   25%

-                 contribution to an important gap in knowledge or significant problem;

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

-                 clarity of the hypothesis, theories and research questions;

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

-                 extent to which the research has the potential to enhance international collaboration.

-                 new or advanced knowledge resulting from outcomes of the research;

-                 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.             Feasibility 10%

-                 cost-effectiveness of the research and its value for money;

-                 feasibility of the research (including contribution of the project’s design, participants and resources to the timely completion of the project);

-                 supportive environment for the DECRA candidate and their project, and for HDR students where appropriate; and

-                 availability of the necessary facilities to complete the project.

-                 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

-                 any existing or developing, supportive and high quality research communities.