Section 2 - Sugar Research and Development Corporation

Number of SRDC project reports received
by SRDC
Report types 2009–
2010
2010–2011
Milestone reports 203 113
Final reports 30 37
TOTAL number
of milestone and
fi nal reports
233 150
Percentage of SRDC projects funded
across SRDC Arenas
Distribution of
project funding by
arena
2009–2010
actual
2010–2011
actual
Regional Futures 59% 56.6%
Emerging
Technologies
People
Development
TOTAL percentage
of projects funded
29% 31.5%
12% 11.9%
100% 100%
Investment portfolio
management
SRDC BUSINESS
Following SRDC’s annual call for project
proposals between June – August 2010, all
applications were sent to multiple technical
experts in Australia and overseas for review.
Proposals were scored using an attractiveness/
feasibility framework:
Attractiveness: expected economic,
environmental and social benefi ts arising
from adoption of outputs; potential return on
investment and other inputs; communication
plans and industry and/or community
participation.
Feasibility: research risk (the likelihood, with
high quality research, of reaching the project
objectives and delivering the outputs and
outcomes) and research quality (the objectives,
research plan, and the skills and knowledge of
the investigators).
Based on the averaged scores of assessors and
the SRDC Directors, highly ranked applicants
were invited to present in person to a panel
representing key stakeholders. Presentations
and responses to questioning were scored by
the panel using the attractiveness/feasibility
framework and highly ranked projects were
invited to prepare a fi nal application addressing
the feedback. This fi nal application forms part
of a contract with the SRDC.
R&D investment managers were allocated a
portfolio of project investments to manage
that deliver outcomes consistent with the SRDC
objectives and key performance indicators.
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