Flinders University

Reference period and eligibility

ERA 2012 Reference Periods

Submission data for ERA will be collected for the following reference periods:

The Researcher eligibility is based on a single staff census date, which is 31 March 2011 .

All Research outputs must meet this definition of research.

Defintion:

... the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings.
This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.

This definition of research is consistent with a broad notion of research and experimental development as:

creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise applications.
OECD (2002), Frascati Manual: Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development, Paris.

This definition is consistent with the one used for the Higher Education Research Data Collection Specifications (HERDC Specifications).