Membership Categories, Criteria & Benefits

Membership category Selection criteria Supporting resources KPIs (for reappointment / support) Review cycle OR Category

Full Paid Associate Adjunct

Senior Fellow  Established reputation in a field of  Resource Allocation (formerly Over a 3-year period 3 years. aquatic research (e.g. H index JRE). Established researchers in their  >12 publications in ISI journals (> 2 A or >15). chosen field, runs large research  Equipment support (internal, A*)1 . group, high output phase of  Successes in winning significant GURIP, ARC-LIEF).  >1 successful ACG . ACG. career, ‘Research intensive’.  Basic administrative support.  > 1 invited lecture.  Active principal supervisor of HDR  Editorship or similar professional standing. students.

Fellow  Emerging reputation in a field of  Resource Allocation (formerly Over a 3-year period 3 years. aquatic research (e.g. H index JRE) Emerging leaders in their chosen  > 6 publications in ISI journals1 . >10). field, runs medium research  Equipment support (internal,  > 1 significant external grant.  Successes in winning significant GURIP, ARC-LIEF). group, high output phase of  > 2 NCG applications. career; ‘Research active’. research grants.  Active principal supervisor of HDR students. Junior Fellow  Less than 5 years post-PhD.  Resource Allocation (formerly Over a 3-year period 3 years. JRE) Early career researcher, small  Successes in winning internal  > 4 publications in ISI journals1 . research group, medium output research grants.  Mentoring by fellows/senior  > 1 successful internal grant. fellows. rate; ‘Research active’.  Associate supervisor of HDR  > 1 NCG application. students. Graduate Member  Full-time HDR student supervised  Conference/training support.  Completion of PhD within 4 years. Course of PhD by ARI fellow/s. candidature. F/T HDR students.  Equipment support.  > 2 publications from thesis work within the  P/T students’ application for  Top-up scholarship. first 3 years of candidature. support to be determined on an individual basis.  Completion scholarship.  Associate  Service provided underpins the  Conference/training support.  Demonstrated initiative, ongoing 3 years or term of technical and logistical success of commitment and relevant skill development employment, Technical and administrative  Staff development opportunities. ARI research. to advance research support. support personnel actively whichever is shorter. involved in ARI research projects – technicians, RAs, administrative staff. Affiliate  Conducts active collaborative  None.  Active collaborative research with ARI 2 years. research project with ARI member/s. Non-ARI member of GU. member(s) . Adjunct  Conducts active long-term  Free use of bench and other  Active collaborative research project with ARI 2 years. collaborative research project with basic office facilities (e.g., member/s. Researchers external to GU, ARI member/s. network access) while on whose strategic association  Significant strategic benefits can be campus for collaborative work. through long-term collaborative  Level of appointment corresponds identified with the adjunct appointment. projects will make significant to criteria used for ARI fellows.  Other costs borne by project. contributions to the ARI. Visitor  Conducts short-term, specific,  Free use of bench and other  None, but outcomes of past visits will be Considered on a collaborative research project with basic office facilities (e.g., considered for future applications. project-specific basis. Researchers external to GU, ARI member/s. network access) while on whose short-term project-based campus for collaborative work. association would benefit ARI.  Proposed and sponsored by ARI fellow.  Other costs borne by project.

Notes: 1 The number of publications over the review period may be relaxed for researchers outside the biophysical science area, e.g. management or GIS research. 2 Final decision will be made on a project basis, at the discretion of the Director and the Institute Executive Committee

OFFICE FOR RESEARCH DEFINITIONS

FULL MEMBERS  Full time/fractional academic staff level A+ with continuing/fixed term appointments who are able to commit all of their research time and at a minimum, meet the definition of a research active academic staff member as defined by the University.  Early Career Researchers included on basis of achievements relative to their stage in career.  Counted in staff count for the Institute if Research Active.  Can hold joint memberships.

PAID MEMBERS  Members with an academic profile, Level B+, who are in receipt of a salary paid by the Research Institute from a non-continuing source of funding and who do not hold any other category of membership.  Counted in staff count for the Institute.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS  Full time/fractional academic staff level A+ holding continuing/fixed term appointments who have not yet developed the track record to be full members.  Full time/fractional academic staff Level A+ holding continuing/fixed term appointments or fractional appointments who have an interest in the activities of the Research Institute but not as full members.  Not counted in staff count for the Institute.  Research outputs reported in HERDC assigned to Institute.  May only be a member of one Research Centre or Institute.

ADJUNCT MEMBERS  Staff who have been appointed as honorary/adjunct  Not counted in staff count for the Institute  Research outputs reported in HERDC assigned to Institute  May only be a member of one Research Centre or Institute.

RESEARCH ACTIVE To be considered Research Active, an academic staff member must be employed on a Griffith work profile that includes research and produce a minimum of six research outputs for each rolling six year period. Qualifying outputs include (i) Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) categories A1 (books, authored research), B1 (book chapters), or C1 (refereed journal articles) for all disciplines but with category A1 outputs assigned a weighting of 5 relative to other outputs; and/or (ii) HERDC category E1 (refereed conference publications) plus any of the outputs in (i) above for researchers in engineering or ICT academic elements; and/or (iii) ERA categories for creative works, provided these outputs have been subject to a formal verification process and are recorded in My Research Publications.

An Early Career Researcher (ECR) is defined as a Lecturer A or B only, who has been awarded their PhD within the last five years. To be considered Research Active, an ECR must have, on average, at least one qualifying output per year since award of their PhD.