Research Excellence Award (2018/2019)
03/07/2019
Purpose
The Research Excellence Award is established to acknowledge, reward and promote excellent performance and achievement in research.
The Award
The Research Excellence Award welcomes individual nomination. A maximum of 3 awards will be granted for each academic year.
Each award includes a cash award of HK$5,000 and a certificate, and a one-off additional grant of $5,000 for staff development sponsorship (i.e. on top of the existing maximum grant of HK$15,000 per academic year) to be claimed in the year immediately following the award year. The unclaimed additional grant is not allowed to be carried forward to future years. The name of awardee(s) would be posted on the website.
Eligibility
All current full-time academic staff of TWC are eligible for nomination.
The award winner should not be nominated for two consecutive years.
Nomination Period
3 July 2019 - 31 August 2019
Nomination Procedures
Nominations can be made by supervisor or academic staff submitting a nomination form [WORD] [PDF]. Each nomination must have the consent of the nominee.
Each nominee should submit a brief staff profile, examples of evidence supporting the criteria in paragraph 6 and provide best three# representative publications for panel’s consideration. The nominees may be invited to provide additional information and/or attend a meeting with the Selection Panel to further substantiate their achievements in relation to the criteria for award.
# After joining TWC.
Selection Panel
The composition of the Selection Panel shall comprise of the following:
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3 core members Who would make final selection for RC and AB consideration |
1 President’s delegate and at least 1 RC member plus 1 internal senior academic staff |
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2 external members, who would provide comments/ recommendation to nomination(s) |
External reviewers from other institutions by invitation |
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Secretary Who would have no voting right |
Staff of Research Office |
In the event that a member of the Selection Panel is also a nominee for an award, she/he will be substituted and excused from the selection panel. The Terms of Reference of the Selection Panel includes:
- To consider and review the nominations for the REA;
- To select awardee of REA and recommend to the RC for endorsement; and
Upon receipt of selection results of the Selection Panel, RC should consider and endorse and make recommendations to Academic Board (AB) for final approval.
Sharing of Experience
Recipients of the awards will be invited to share experience with other staff members to promote best practices in research.
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