RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
Applicant Name
School
Dates/Period of Research Leave
Requested
Assessment Criteria
Comments:
Please factor in career stage when
assessing the application.
PEER REVIEW
Has the application undergone peer
review within the school?
PAST RESEARCH RECORD
TRACK RECORD IN RESEARCH
ACHIEVEMENT
Does the applicant have an excellent track
record in research productivity (publication
success, grant awards, knowledge
exchange initiatives), commensurate with
the career stage and role?
OCTOBER 2015
RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
PhD SUPERVISION
Can the applicant demonstrate a
successful track record of PhD recruitment
& supervision, commensurate to their
career stage?
PREVIOUS RESEARCH LEAVE
REPORTS
Were the planned objectives of any
previous periods of research leave met?
PROPOSED OUTPUTS
PUBLICATIONS
Does the application propose
“substantial” research outputs, eg;

At least two research
papers/articles publishable in a
high quality referred international
journal? or,
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RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)

A research monograph
(authored/co-authored)
Is there convincing evidence/argument to
suggest that these would be of 3* or 4*
quality within the individual’s academic
field?
Is there evidence that achievement of
these publications would likely be
achieved? Does the application evidence
timescales and reasonable prospects of
publication output(s)?
Does the application provide sufficient
evidence of an excellent record of
delivering high quality research outputs
commensurate with their stage in their
career?
FUNDING
Does the application provide evidence of a
major external funding bid, or bid suitable
to the career stage of the applicant?
Is there convincing evidence/argument for
why the proposed application for research
funding would have a strong chance of
being funded by the proposed body?
OCTOBER 2015
RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
Does the application provide sufficient
evidence of an excellent record of
delivering high quality research funding
applications commensurate with their
stage in their career?
OTHER STRATEGIC INITIATIVES/
PROPOSED SUBTANTIAL
OUTPUTS
Does the application provide evidence of
involvement in other strategic activities or
outputs?
Is there convincing evidence/argument for
the significant value of these in terms of
the School/University research strategy?
Is there convincing evidence/argument to
indicate that these will be achieved during
the research leave period?
OCTOBER 2015
RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
IMPACT
Has the applicant effectively presented
clear pathways to research impact?
Does the application provide sufficient
evidence of developing knowledge
exchange activities over the period since
the last research leave ended?
FEASIBILITY
RESEARCH LEAVE PLAN
Does the application evidence a clear
research plan in terms of sufficient detail
in the application as to indicate feasibility?
Is the planned research commensurate
with the period of leave requested?
ASSESSMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve
OCTOBER 2015
RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
Approve
(subject to modification -feedback included
in relevant section above)
Approve subject to clarification –
(points of clarification required to be noted
in opposite box)
Not successful –
(please refer to feedback outlined against
assessment criteria above)
Date:
OCTOBER 2015
RESEARCH LEAVE
ASSESSMENT & FEEDBACK FORM (can also be used for peer review purposes)
GUIDANCE NOTES FOR RESEARCH LEAVE ADVISORY PANEL MEMBERS
Specific comment should be made on the candidate’s level of performance and outputs within their research leave application against each of the essential
criteria for research leave.
The above criteria is based on the information provided in Section 5 of the Research Leave Scheme Guidelines.
SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDBACK TO CANDIDATES
Any additional comments/suggestions which the advisory panel agrees would be helpful for the applicant to consider as part of their future development, and
any recommendation from the advisory panel for the application to be modified should be noted.
CONFIRMATION OF DECISION
The feedback report should be signed off by the Chair of the Research Leave Advisory Panel and will be held on the applicant’s personal file in HR.
OCTOBER 2015