External Assessment

Assessment.

Instructions: As your assessment will be made available to the applicant, please do not include any personal identifying information. If such information appears in your document, the Council reserves the right to remove it.

Part 1: Program of Research

A program of research is a sustained research enterprise that includes one or more projects or other components, and which is shaped by broad objectives for the advancement of knowledge. Please evaluate the applicant(s)’ program of research considering the following criteria.

1) Please consider the degree of originality and, by extension, the expected contribution to knowledge of the applicant(s)’ program.

	1	2	3	4	5
Not original. Has been done before. Potential contribution modest at best.						Extremely innovative. Great idea. Potential contribution is high.

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Please consider the applicant(s)’ literature review. We ask that you determine not only how complete and up-to-date it is but also whether the program of research is well-grounded in existing literature.

	1	2	3	4	5	Not Applicable
Incomplete, out-of-date, disconnected from the program.							Relatively complete, timely, program flows easily from literature.

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2) Please evaluate the theoretical approach or framework. Is it sufficiently developed, explained and focused?

	1	2	3	4	5	Not Applicable
Under-developed, insufficiently explained, too broad							Well developed and explained, focused

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3) Please assess the applicant(s)’ methodology. Is it appropriate to the projected outcomes of the program of research?

	1	2	3	4	5	Not Applicable
Not appropriate or justified							Link between methodology and projected results clear

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4) Where appropriate, please consider the nature and extent of the research training applicant (s) will provide.

	1	2	3	4	5	Not Applicable
Work appears to be of little value added for either student or project							Students will receive real research training

Explain the rationale for your response: (maximum 1000 characters including spaces)

Part 2: Record of Research Achievement

Regular Scholars

		1	2	3	4	5	Not Applicable
Quality of publications	Has lower quality publications							Has high quality publications
Quantity/ frequency of publications	Has published very little in past 6 years							Has demonstrated significant recent productivity
Impact (within academia)	Has had a modest impact							Has had a substantial impact within the discipline
Impact (outside academia)	Little evidence of partnerships or connections with public							Has had successful outreach beyond academia
Student Training	Has provided little research training							Has provided extensive research training

Explain the rationale for your response: (maximum 1000 characters including spaces)

Part 3: Overall Assessment

Unfundable (Fatal Flaw)

Fund if funds are available

Should be funded

Must be funded

Additional comments: (maximum 1400 characters including spaces)

Part 4: Declaration on confidentiality and conflict of interest

The information provided in the applications is protected by Canada’s Privacy Act and is made available to external assessors for reviewing purposes only. I therefore agree to treat as strictly confidential all the material from the above-mentioned file which has been submitted to me by the Council. When I have responded, be it positively or negatively, I will ensure the destruction of the said material. I also attest that I am not in a conflict of interest with the applicant(s).

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