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Schemes for Engineers in Research and Development
Research Chairs: Monitoring Performance
When an Award has been
made, an Academy Fellow will be appointed as
Mentor to the incumbent. The Mentor has no
vested interest in the outcome of the
research and can offer independent advice
and guidance as appropriate. They will visit
the incumbent at least twice a year, at
least one such meeting being a formal
meeting of the Steering Group, and will
review the Annual Report against agreed
performance indicators.
The university is
required to establish a Steering Group for
the Award, comprising the incumbent, The
Academy Mentor, The Academy Scheme Manager,
university Head of Department (or other
appropriate representative) and a
representative of the industrial sponsor(s).
The incumbent is
required to submit an annual report on the
anniversary of their appointment and a final
report within three months of the conclusion
of their appointment.
The incumbent is
required to participate in an annual meeting
of Academy Chairs and Fellowships. The
Academy will meet the travel and subsistence
expenses of the incumbent incurred in
connection with such a meeting.
Performance indicators
The following factors
may be taken into consideration by The
Academy in carrying out its annual progress
review of Awards. The emphasis placed on
each of the following points may vary and
depends upon the specific nature of the
research undertaken. Additional factors may
also be agreed with the incumbent:
-
size and composition
of the research team under direct
supervision of the incumbent
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breadth and quality of
research undertaken by the team
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extent of inter-
and/or multi-disciplinary collaboration
-
nature and level of
networking undertaken by the incumbent and
their research group
-
ability of the
incumbent and their group to meet targets
and deadlines
-
relevance of the
research to industry and the extent of
industrial involvement in the research
programme as a whole
-
amount and source of
additional research funding (from Research
Councils, charities, industry etc)
-
number and quality of
papers published by the incumbent and their
group
-
number and nature of
papers presented at conferences both in the
UK and overseas
-
number of patents
applied for
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