Eligibility
- Nominees must have been engaged in a supervisory role in the ANU College of Business and Economics for at least 3 years (non-sequential) immediately preceding the closing date for nominations.
- Nominations must predominantly relate to HDR or Masters/Honours supervision at the ANU.
- Both individual and team nominations are encouraged.
- Previously unsuccessful nominees are eligible for renomination.
- Recipients of CBE or VC Awards for Excellence in Supervision are ineligible for renomination within 3 years unless they are a member of a team and not the lead applicant, and the team nomination does not substantially replicate the original award.
Early Career category
- Nominees with no more than 5 years' experience teaching in higher education institutions may apply for an Early Career (EC) category of the Award for Excellence in Supervision. The 5 years can be non-sequential and must be counted on a semester basis. The Awards Committee will consider the career stage of nominees when assessing assessment criteria.
- Nominees for the Early Career category must have been employed and engaged in a supervisory roles in CBE for at least 1 year.
- Recipients of a CBE or VC Award for Excellence in Supervision (Early Career) are ineligible for renomination within 3 years after receiving the EC award.
Selection Criteria
1. Advancing students as researchers through developing their intellectual rigour and disciplinary expertise, and instilling ethical and responsible research practices.
Development of a research program that attracts and maintains high quality candidates, while appropriately reflecting equity and diversity concerns; a record of students attending, and being involved in, disciplinary seminars and other relevant activities; encouraging and assisting candidates with publication during their period of study; development of independent, ethical researchers, as evidenced by an outstanding record of research practice that demonstrates strong adherence to the highest ethical standards; ensuring that students access appropriate research education opportunities ranging from workshops on the concept of research, through to using data sources.
2. An outstanding sustained record of supervisory practices that have resulted in successful completions, significant research outputs and excellent graduation outcomes for students.
Evidence of outcomes of research supervision at a minimum including numbers of supervisions (of each kind) supplemented by a record of achievement such as (sheer number of completions is not sufficient on its own): completion rates, timely completions or completions in spite of difficulties arising within the degree, meeting of milestones, progression to academic or research careers for completed students, other employment outcomes for completed students; external measures of successful research outcomes from the supervised research (e.g. awards, medals, publications, quality of journal, published books, conference presentations/invitations, competitive research funding, funded Fellowships) including joint collaborations
3. Outstanding modelling of the research process for students
Supporting students in choosing a research topic; setting and maintaining clear mutual expectations between student and supervisor; providing timely, constructive, clear and actionable feedback; and nurturing progress through research milestones including processes of completion, publication and research dissemination; provision of resources, necessary coursework if required, and research plan design, developing students’ theoretical, analytical and methodological skills appropriate to the discipline; assisting candidates in the development of research, writing and communication skills, particularly through providing appropriate resources/access to relevant training opportunities
4. Providing and supporting engagement between students and broad scholarly communities through networking and research dissemination opportunities
Evidence of modelling a scholarly approach to research in a global context which recognises the complexity and challenges research candidature in contemporary academic contexts; encouragement and support for students to access a range of research scholars and projects nationally and internationally, providing opportunities for students to work within an international context through exchanges, meetings, and collaborative work; facilitation of student networking with other national and international researcher colleagues, appropriately evidenced by student engagement at conferences and other networking opportunities; provision of career support and opportunities at a national and international level, leadership of, or contribution to, an effective supervisory panel; facilitating the construction of a well-balanced panel, including working effectively with other panel members; encouragement to students to effectively utilise supervisory panel members including encouraging students to take advantage of the particular strengths of other members of the panel; specific research outcomes for the student involved, such as invited presentations at international conferences; publications in high-quality, peer-reviewed journals; academic reputation/position of past completed students.
5. A systematic and scholarly approach to professional development of supervisory academic practice and skills in disciplinary or interdisciplinary settings
Evidence of advanced skills in evaluation and reflective practice; participating in and contributing to professional activities related to research supervision; coordination, management and leadership roles in relation to research supervisions; conducting and publishing research related to research supervision; leadership through activities that have broad influence on the profession, department, school and research candidates; contribution to relevant policy development at College, University, or even sector level.
Nominations
Nominations can be submitted here. Nominations open in mid-October and close 9am Friday 14 November 2025.
Application portfolio
Deadline
Applications are to be submitted to education.cbe@anu.edu.au by: 9am Friday 30 January 2026.
Application components
1. Application cover sheet
2. Synopsis: separate from Award Statement (250 words maximum)
3. Award Statement (4 pages maximum):
- Overview: A couple of paragraphs to set up the scene and overall context of your application
- Response to the required selection criteria:
- Addressing one by one in a structured manner; each criterion is weighed equally
- Tell the story of your endeavours. Whenever possible, address/integrate these 4 elements: (i) positive impact on student learning, student engagement or the overall student experience, (ii) recognition from others (colleagues, institution, community), (iii) creativity, imaging and/or innovation, and (iv) drawn on the scholarly literature on teaching and learning and in your own discipline
- Reference list
4. Supporting materials: maximum 2 pages - can include student evaluations (if available), testimonials from students, website, media files, or teaching material
Submission/formatting requirements
- 2 cm margin, clear spacing between paragraphs
- Font 11 point Arial or Calibri
- Fee free to use colours, bold, or italicise your words/phrases
- All documents in a single PDF file