Vice-Chancellor's Research Excellence (Early
Career) Award
Nomination Template (for nomination of an individual)
About
The VC’s Research Excellence Award (Early Career) recognises an outstanding researcher who is in the first five
years of their research career (that is, within the first five years post-completion of their PhD) whose research
demonstrates potential for high-impact outcomes within the internal and external communities we serve.
About applying
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One winner will be selected for this Award category.
You may self-nominate or you can nominate a colleague.
Previous award winners for this category are not eligible to apply.
Selection criteria
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Provide a summary of the initiative or contribution, addressing how the contribution demonstrates
achievement in one or more of Swinburne’s strategic 2020 research priorities, these being:
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Significant new contribution to knowledge demonstrated by high-impact research publications;
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High-impact research outcomes recognised by end-users;
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Establishing a significant new research collaboration.
In your own words, briefly outline the benefit and level of impact of the initiative in terms of size, reach and
significance. You may wish to include supporting evidence and/or recommendations in support of the
application.
Preparing your nomination
In 2014, all VC’s Awards nominations will be submitted online, however, we strongly recommend that you prepare
your answers in advance using this document. You will then be able to copy and paste your answers from your
Word document into the online form. This will prevent you losing your work in the unlikely case of an internet
connection disruption during the submission process.
Checklist
Before submitting your nomination online, please make sure that you:
 Have checked that all your answers are within the specified word limit as the online program will not
allow you submit answers which exceed the specified word/character limits.
 Have all the information you need on-hand before you begin you submission process (team names,
references/recommendations, relevant dates, etc.)
 Have prepared your answers in plain text only and you have not including any special formatting, graphs
or images as the online program will not be able to incorporate these.
 Have referenced/quoted any supporting evidence as part of your answer rather than as separate
document. Note that the program will not allow you to attach other documents to your nomination (e.g.
reference letters, journal articles or other attachments).
 Have obtained any approvals required for your nomination, including endorsement statements and the
sign-off from your Head of Department/Dean/Senior Executive Director.
Your details (as the nominator)
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Surname:
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First name(s):
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Title:
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Area/Department:
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Phone number:
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Email:
Nominee details (for individual nomination)
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Surname:
First names(s):
Title:
Area/Department:
Phone number:
Email:
Summary of contribution (for individual nomination)
Please provide a brief statement which summarises the initiative/contribution in 50 words or less.
Please provide a description of the initiative or contribution, addressing how the contribution demonstrates
achievement in one or more of Swinburne's strategic 2020 research priorities, these being:
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Significant new contribution to knowledge demonstrated by high-impact publications
High-impact research outcomes recognised by end-users
Establishing a significant new research collaboration
Please note that this section is restricted to 500 words/3000 characters or less.
In your own words, briefly outline the benefit and level of impact of the initiative in terms of size, reach and
significance.
Please note that this section is restricted to 500 words/3000 characters or less.
Approval
Please provide the details of the Head of Department/Dean/Executive Dean/Executive Director or equivalent area
leader that has approved your nomination, including their statement of approval/endorsement.
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Name:
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Title:
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Email:
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Statement of approval/ endorsement of nomination: (limit response to 100 words or less)
Confirmation
I confirm that I have the authorisation of the above individual as Head of Department/Dean/Executive
Dean/Executive Director or equivalent area leader to submit this nomination, I confirm that I have provided them
with full and accurate details of my nomination and that they may be contacted to verify their nomination approval
(you will be asked to confirm this in your online form).
Final confirmation
Nominator confirmation
I hereby confirm all that the information contained in this document is true and accurate and that I have obtained
all required endorsements, approvals and authorisations for this nomination. I also confirm that I have notified all
individuals mentioned in this form about this nomination including individual nominees and those being
nominated as part of a team (you will be asked to confirm this in your online form).