8The assessment criteria

8.                     The assessment criteria

8.1.                  You must address all of the relevant assessment criteria in Your application. Different weightings are assigned to individual criterion.

8.2.                  The application form asks questions that relate to the assessment criteria. The amount of detail and supporting evidence You provide in Your application should be relative to the project size, complexity and grant amount requested. The application form includes character, word and page limits.

8.3.                  The Linkage Projects assessment criteria are:

1. Investigator(s) 25%

Describe the quality of the candidates’ Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) including evidence of:

          potential to engage in collaborative research with end-users;

          research training, mentoring and supervision; and

          time and capacity to undertake and manage the proposed research in collaboration with the Partner Organisation(s).

b.             Project quality and innovation 25%

Describe:

• The extent to which the project is significant and innovative including:

          any new methods or technologies to be developed that address a specific market opportunity;

          how the anticipated outcomes will advance the knowledge base to address an important problem and/or provide an end-user and/or industry advantage;

          the project plan’s business model for implementation;

          how the project will address the Australian Government Science and Research Priorities;

          how the project’s aims and concepts are novel and innovative; and

          how the project will significantly enhance links with industry and/or other organisations outside the Australian publicly-funded research and higher education sectors.

• The research approach and training including:

          the conceptual framework, design, methods and analyses, demonstrating these are adequately developed, well integrated and appropriate to the aims of the project; and

          the intellectual content and scale of the work proposed is appropriate to a higher degree by research student where relevant.

c.             Feasibility 20%

Describe:

          the existing, or developing, supportive and high quality environment for this research both within the Administering Organisation and in the Partner Organisation(s);

          the availability of the necessary facilities to conduct the research;