Evaluation Process

The applications and supporting documents, where required or supplied, will be evaluated by four separate panels, as set out below, who will make a recommendation of their top 5 scoring applications to an Awards Decision Board, which will be chaired by the Vice-President for Research & Innovation. The Decision Board will have 3 members, including the VP R&I, the Head of Innovation & Knowledge Transfer and the Head of R&I for Engagement and Impact.

Award	Panel
Early-Career Researcher Award	External Panel for Career Awards
Established Researcher Career Award	External Panel for Career Awards
Excellence in Research Supervision Award	Internal Panel – Research Awards
Excellence in Provision of Support to Researchers	Internal Panel – Research Awards
Multidisciplinary Research Team Award	Internal Panel – Research Awards
Engaged Research Project Award	Internal Panel – Research Awards
Sustainability Research Award	Internal Panel – Research Awards
One to Watch Award	Mixed Panel – Innovation Awards
Innovation Impact Award	Mixed Panel – Innovation Awards
Research Impact Case Study Awards	Mixed Panel – Case Study Competition

Composition of Panels:

External Panel for Career Research Awards – will have 3 external members, nominated by the VP R&I. The panel will be chaired by the Head of R&I for Engagement and Impact, whose only role will be to minute the meeting and record the outcomes.
Internal Panel for Research Awards - Faculty head of Research x 5; Principal Investigators who sit on the R&I Academy x 2; and 2 x other staff from the Research Community as nominated by the VP R&I. The panel will be chaired by the Head of R&I for Engagement and Impact.
Mixed Panel – Innovation Awards - The panel will have a mix of 5 internal and external members and will be chaired by the Head of Innovation & Knowledge Transfer.
Mixed Panel – Case Study Awards – See the Impact Case Study document. The panel will be chaired by the Research Impact Lead.