Performance-Based Research Fund

Publications

This page has PBRF[1] publications including PBRF Annual Reports and PBRF Guidelines.

Note: many of the following links open documents in PDF format.

Guidelines

• 2012 PBRF Quality Evaluation Guidelines (a detailed overview of every aspect of the Quality Evaluation process, including eligibility criteria; submission, assignment and assessment of EPs; Panels, EAGs, and audit and complaint processes)
• PBRF Quality Evaluation Summary of changes (PDF, 23 Kb)
• 2006 PBRF Guidelines (These Guidelines have been prepared to assist participants in the 2006 processes for the PBRF)
• PBRF User Manual (a comprehensive guide to the PBRF as a whole. Outlines key components of the PBRF, the purpose and drivers of the fund and information to assist TEOs to respond to the data requirements of the PBRF)

Peer review panel-specific guidelines
The panel-specific guidelines have been developed by each panel to assist researchers in the development and submission of their Evidence Portfolios.

• Business and Economics panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 126 Kb)
• Biological Sciences panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 124 Kb)
• Creative and Performing Arts panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 86 Kb)
• Education panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 139 Kb)
• Engineering, Technology and Architecture panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 158 Kb)
• Humanities and Law panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 138 Kb)
• Health panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 118 Kb)
• Māori Knowledge and Development panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 142 Kb)
• Mathematical and Information Sciences and Technology panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 140 Kb)
• Medicine and Public Health panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 125 Kb)
• Physical Sciences panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 123 Kb)
• Social Sciences and Other Cultural/Social Sciences panel-specific guidelines (PDF, 143 Kb)

EAG criteria

The EAG criteria are now available for your information. The criteria outline the processes and principles that the Expert Advisory Groups will operate by and also provide information for PBRF participants regarding the process of requesting a referral to specific EAGs.

• Professional and Applied Research EAG Criteria (PDF, 110kb)
• Pacific Research EAG Criteria (PDF, 77kb)

Reporting ERI

• PBRF Notes on ERI Workpapers (PDF, 61 Kb)
• PBRF ERI Worksheet (XLS, 61 Kb)

Research Degree Completion Business Rules

• Measuring research degree completions - Definitions and rules (PDF, 106 Kb) 

Evaluation and Review of PBRF

• 2012 PBRF Audit Methodology (PDF, 340 Kb)

Annual Reports

• 2009 PBRF Annual Report (PDF, 500 Kb)
• 2008 PBRF Annual Report (PDF, 242 Kb)

 Historical resources and publications relating to earlier PBRF cycles have been archived and are available on request.

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  Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF)