Evaluation Criteria for Applications to the Merit Allocation Scheme
- Research quality
- Research merit including the potential of the work to generate new knowledge in an important area, the comparative scientific merits of the work within its discipline, originality and international competitiveness.
- National benefit and research priorities.
- Experience and demonstrated research capacity of the applicant and the project team.
- Appropriateness of the National Facility
- The need for such resources to conduct the research.
- Suitability of the system (hardware and software) and its operational environment to support the project.
- Evidence or experience to demonstrate that the project will use the facilities efficiently.
Efficient use of the systems means that the use will result in- the stated research outcomes
- maximal compute output for the grant awarded - i.e. good system utilisation by jobs, without undue overrequests of resources.
- Reasonableness of the level of resources requested
- Relative to the total amount available.
- Needed to make adequate progress in the proposed research program.
- Track record of the applicant in using the National Facility resources where relevant
- In the case of proposals to continue a project, the record of achievement and efficient use of previous allocations.