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Individual Research Portfolio (IRP)

The Individual Research Portfolio system (IRP), developed by ResearchMaster in conjunction with UniSA, enables research active staff members to create portfolios of their research.

These pages give an overview of IRP with an outline of the process for completion of IRPs, with access to detailed information for each portfolio section via the left menu.

The IRP system was rolled out in 2007 using a staged process viz supported researchers, staff on the research register, and early career researchers. In 2008 the system will be opened up to all research active staff.

• How to complete an IRP
• About the Portfolio sections

Please note: the IRP system is currently unavailable - sorry for the inconvenience. If you have any problems please contact Clare Cobb

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How to complete an IRP

There are seven portfolio sections to be completed. Drafts can be saved at any stage and you can return later to add more details. You can also save more than one draft if you wish. An extensive help system for each page will guide you through technical aspects of the system.
Please note: You must complete every section (except special circumstances) to be able to validate an IRP.

1. Login to IRP using your University username and password
2. Select My Individual Research Portfolios under the Personnel heading
3. Select Create New Portfolio from the Actions area.
4. Click on the 2008 Assessment option button in the 'Create a New Individual Research Portfolio' screen, so that it becomes highlighted.
5. Then click the Create Individual Research Portfolio button
   
   
6. This will set up a draft Individual Research Portfolio for you to work in.
    

About the Portfolio sections

Select a link to access more detailed information for each section from the left menu.

1. Individual Research Portfolio details - this is the first section where you can record details of IRP version number and your comments, with check boxes for you to indicate if you are an early career researcher or if your work contains Indigenous research.
2. RFCD codes - this section allows the selection of the classification codes relevant to your research.
3. Special circumstances - this section allows the recording of details of any special circumstances which have significantly impacted on your capacity to carry out your research (these should only be recorded if they are of a substantial and not trivial nature and are meant to provide an opportunity to give any instances of genuine disadvantage eg through illness, accidents, childcare, disrupted employment).
4. Research Outputs - this section allows you to select four primary research outputs which have been previously captured during the publications collections. The research ouputs are publications that were Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) approved. Only publications in the reference period (2002-2007) will be displayed. (Within the IRP system you will be prompted to email details of any publications to be added which have not previously been recorded).
5. Justification for selection - in this section the details of the reasons for your selection of a publication as a best output are recorded. The justification is based on objective evidence that is provided to show the quality of the publication usually a refereed journal article or a book. For example, a paper might have a relative citation rate for the field or have been cited a reasonable number of times in the Web of Science or the paper might have been published in a high impact factor journal from the Web of Science relative to the field (ie by rank) or by an internationally highly ranked book publisher. You should record justifications for each of the four best papers (eg journal articles) or books you have selected.
6. Peer esteem - details of all your peer esteem indicators are recorded in this section, using a drop down box to select the category of indicator. Keynote addresses, awards and prizes for research, membership of prestigious editorial boards, editorships of journals and memberships of learned academies are examples of esteem factors. Early career researchers are likely to have few of these indicators to record while researchers later in their careers may have many.
7. Contributions to the research environment - this section allows you to record any contributions to the research environment you have made. For example, this might include the name of your centre or institute, the number of HDR students you supervise, the amount of research income you have earned, your contributions to the research culture as well as any contributions made to infrastructure (facilities, equipment).

 

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