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Research Quality Framework (RQF) was a component of Backing Australia's Ability, an initiative of the Australian Government to formulate a best practice framework for assessing research quality and the impact of research, and ensure that public funding was being invested in research which would deliver real benefits to the wider community. RQF was to bring public funding of research in line with government policy for funding to be determined by outcomes achieved.
It was an assessment framework and a funding model, similar to the Research Assessment Exercise in the United Kingdom and the Performance Based Research Fund in New Zealand.[1]
On 21 December 2007, the new Australian Government announced that it would not be proceeding with the RQF project, which was an initiative of the former Government,[2] and began developing the Excellence in Research for Australia initiative.
- ^ Louise G Shewan and Andrew J S Coats (2006). "The Research Quality Framework and its implications for health and medical research: time to take stock?". The Medical Journal of Australia. 184 (9): 463–466. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00320.x. PMID 16646748. S2CID 21758598.
- ^ "RQF website". Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2008.