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RMIT Research Awards 2019

SUPPORT STATEMENT COVERSHEET
Instructions:
 Use this form to provide a supporting statement for an RMIT academic staff member / HDR candidate / Research team
nominated for one of the RMIT Research Awards in 2019.
 Visit the 2019 RMIT Research Awards webpage for information, including selection criteria on all awards and prizes.
Supporting statements should refer to the selection criteria for the award and comment on research performance
relative to opportunity, ie information on career interruptions for such things as child birth, carers’ responsibilities,
misadventure, or debilitating illness, can be included. The statement must be no more than 1 A4 page.
 Information regarding who can provide supporting statements for each of the award categories is provided in the table
below

Award or Prize Support Statement 1 Support Statement 2

Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Research Excellence
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Research Excellence – ECR
Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for
Research Excellence – HDR
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Research Supervision Excellence
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Research Impact
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for
Research Impact - ECR
Vice-Chancellor’s Prize for
Research Impact – HDR
RMIT Award for Innovative
Research Supervision
RMIT Research Excellence - Team
Award
RMIT Award for Excellence –
Graduate Research Leadership
RMIT Award for Excellence –
Industry Engagement in Graduate
Research
RMIT Award for Research
Excellence
RMIT Award for Research
Excellence – ECR
RMIT Prize for Research
Excellence – HDR
RMIT Award for Research Impact
RMIT Award for Research Impact
– ECR
RMIT Prize for Research Impact –
HDR
Nominator statement of support
Nominator statement of support
One of the candidate’s supervisors
Relevant HDR coordinator, or Deputy
Dean/Head R&I if the nominee is an HDR
coordinator
Nominator statement of support
Nominator statement of support
One of the candidate’s supervisors
Relevant HDR coordinator, or Deputy
Dean/Head R&I if the nominee is an HDR
coordinator
Nominator statement of support
HDR graduates and/or academic colleagues
with supervision expertise or HDR
responsibilities
An HDR graduate
Nominator statement of support
Nominator statement of support
One of the candidate’s supervisors
Nominator statement of support
Nominator statement of support
One of the candidate’s supervisors
Either an RMIT academic or external person familiar with the
nominee’s field of research and achievements and can comment on
nominee’s performance against the selection criteria
Either an RMIT academic or external person familiar with the
nominee’s field of research and achievements and can comment on
nominee’s performance against the selection criteria
Relevant HDR coordinator
An HDR graduate
Party that has benefitted from the research and can comment on the
nominee’s performance against selection criteria
Party that has benefitted from the research and can comment on the
nominee’s performance against selection criteria
An individual in a relevant industry on the relevance of the research
and demonstrated potential for impact
An HDR graduate
Either an RMIT academic or external person familiar with the
nominee’s field of research and achievements and can comment on
nominee’s performance against the selection criteria
HDR graduates and/or academic colleagues with supervision expertise
or HDR responsibilities
* Additional optional statement for this award:
 Evidence of particular initiatives or candidates’ achievements
Industry partner statement of support
* Additional optional statements for this award:
 RMIT academic with supervision expertise or HDR
responsibilities;
 Evidence of particular initiatives or candidates’ achievements
Either an RMIT academic or external person familiar with the
nominee’s field of research and achievements and can comment on
nominee’s performance against the selection criteria
Either an RMIT academic or external person familiar with the
nominee’s field of research and achievements and can comment on
nominee’s performance against the selection criteria
Relevant HDR Coordinator
A party that has benefitted from the research and can comment on the
nominee’s performance against selection criteria
A party that has benefitted from the research and can comment on the
nominee’s performance against selection criteria
An individual in a relevant industry on the relevance of the research
and demonstrated potential for impact
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RMIT Research Awards 2019
SUPPORT STATEMENT COVERSHEET

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* SUB-CATEGORY ONLY APPLIES TO RMIT RESEARCH EXCELLENCE AWARDS AND PRIZES AND RMIT RESEARCH IMPACT
AWARDS AND PRIZES. GUIDANCE ON THE SUB-CATEGORIES IS AVAILABLE ON THE RESEARCH AWARDS WEBSITE

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