ERA 2010 FAQs

The Australian Research council (ARC) have updated their FAQ webpage with the following frequently asked questions. They are set to release their final guidelines for the ERA initiative in December. These FAQs outline some the differences that there will be between the 2009 Trial and 2010 full ERA submission.

What changes will occur from the 2009 ERA Submission Guidelines?
Changes in the ERA 2010 Submission Guidelines will include:

1. Clarification of the researcher eligibility requirements. An additional employment category will be provided to accommodate casual staff.
2. A selection of esteem indicators will be included.
3. There will be ERA Listed Conferences for selected disciplines. This will include ranked and unranked conferences.
4. Institutions will be able to apportion FoRs for research outputs, research income, applied measures and esteem. For Journal Articles and Listed Conferences, apportionment of FoRs will only be possible across the codes to which each journal/conference is assigned.
5. For peer review, institutions will be able to nominate a preferred FoR in which the output should be reviewed.
6. Research Themes will be mandatory for each research output, although a response of ‘not applicable’ will be allowed.
7. Additional applied measures will be included: plant breeder’s rights, NHMRC-endorsed guidelines.