Backing Australia's Ability ( BAA ) was a five-year innovation plan launched by the Howard government in January 2001.
7-554: Research Quality Framework ( RQF ) was a component of Backing Australia's Ability , an initiative of the Australian Government to formulate a best practice framework for assessing research quality and the impact of research, and ensure that public funding was being invested in research which would deliver real benefits to the wider community. RQF was to bring public funding of research in line with government policy for funding to be determined by outcomes achieved. It
14-466: Is recognition of the originality of research by peers and its impact on the development of the same or related disciple areas. The broader impact is an assessment of value through use, i.e. the extent to which research is successfully applied – that is recognition by qualified end-users that quality research has been successfully applied. Will replace the RTS block funding model, and will be at least 50% of
21-798: The Research Quality Framework: Assessing the quality and impact of research in Australia – Final Advice on the Preferred RQF Model paper from Sir Gareth Roberts , approved its release, and announced the establishment of the RQF Development Advisory Group (RQFDAG), to be chaired by Australia's chief scientist , Dr Jim Peacock AC . [1] [2] The following members of the Expert Advisory Group continued on to
28-592: The DAG: The other DAG members are: Backing Australia%27s Ability Previous policies for this group of portfolios under the Howard government were: The Science and Innovation Committee ( SIC ), originally known as the Ministerial Committee to Oversight Implementation of Backing Australia's Ability ( MCOIBAA ), is a sub-committee of Cabinet established as part of the initiative to oversee
35-813: The determinations of funding. Nelson says : all of the Institutional Grants Scheme (IGS) and at least 50% of the Research Training Scheme (RTS). UK's Professor Sir Gareth Roberts was appointed as the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group, having been commissioned in June 2002 to review the future of research assessment in the UK. The list of members was announced 21 December 2004 as: Minister Julie Bishop received
42-562: The implementation of Backing Australia's Ability. It is composed of: The initiative set aside AUD 2.9 billion over five years 2001–02 to 2005–06, overseen by a Science and Innovation Ministerial Council , chaired by the Prime Minister and advised by the Chief Scientist . The objectives were: On 4 May 2004 the Prime Minister announced a second plan, subtitled "Building our future through science and innovation", which
49-991: Was an assessment framework and a funding model, similar to the Research Assessment Exercise in the United Kingdom and the Performance Based Research Fund in New Zealand . On 21 December 2007, the new Australian Government announced that it would not be proceeding with the RQF project, which was an initiative of the former Government, and began developing the Excellence in Research for Australia initiative. Focuses on quality and impact. The quality of research includes its intrinsic merit and academic impact – that
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