Selection panel

Membership of the selection panel includes:

• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Scholarship), Chair.
   
• four Senior Researchers (Academic Level C,D or E), who normally are not nominated mentors and who have submitted at least one research funding application to the USQ or to an external funding body over the past three years. Where possible, there will be equitable gender representation on the selection panel
   
• one panel member nominated by the DVC (Scholarship) in consultation with members of the Research and Higher Degrees Committee from each of the following areas:
   
  • Arts/Education/Nursing/Psychology (qualitative)
  • Business/Commerce (qualitative)
  • Biology/Physical Sciences/Psychology (quantitative)
  • Mathematics/ Engineering (quantitative).

The Manager, Office of Research and Higher Degrees will be responsible for the provision of administrative support to the panel. He/she may provide comment on the applications or applicants but will not have any voting rights.

The panel may, at its discretion, seek expert advice from within or outside the University.