Project Admission Criteria
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Project Admission Criteria
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Innovation Factory Project Admission Criteria for Student Projects
These criteria will aid in the assessment of all the student projects requesting admission to Innovation Factory to access its support and resources related to technology innovation, its research and product development.
Note 1: to better understand the admission criteria, Innovation Factory advise this document to be read in conjunction with the project funding criteria for student projects (please see the link for details).
Note 2: refer to the Innovation Factory website for details on stages of development and understanding of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).
This document only applies to Tier 1 and 2 projects, the definition of which are presented in Table 1.
Table 1: Definition of Tier 1 and 2 projects
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All the admission criteria defined below must be carefully considered before filling out the registration forms. At least 50% of the criteria defined below must be met in order to be accepted for admission to Innovation Factory.
Note: The project admission criteria are defined in Table 2 for the reference of project team member(s), to be considered when filling out the registration form.
Table 2: Innovation Factory project assessment and admission criteria
Is the project realistic and achievable using the currently existing technologies and solutions?
Is there an element of novelty or innovativeness?
Does the project achieve a clear solution to a technical/technically oriented research problem at the end of the project period?
Is there collaboration element demonstrated in the formation of the team, e.g. i) students from multiple industrial/schools ii) students from different years of degree programmes, to cover the development capability and skill set required for the project? (not applicable to solo projects)
Is the project well defined with clearly listed deliverables?
Does the project define reasonable number of tasks and activities that can be completed within the defined timeframe of stage 1 (3-6 months)?
Does the project have team members that can take over the project once senior students leading the project graduate?
Does the project have a potential to create a commercially viable product that can be marketed?
Is the curriculum or module related project clearly align with the LOs defined in the module.
The Director of Innovation Factory or Innovation Factory’s technical staff member (e.g. Project Engineer) will carry out the evaluation and initial assessment of the project to admit or reject the project based on the established criteria. The evaluation process will be incorporated within the project’s first assessment meeting and the outcome will be conveyed/feedback provided officially by email (details given below).
The outcome of the assessment meeting will be officially communicated by email.
If the project fails to meet the required admission criteria, feedback will be provided during the project assessment meeting and by email and opportunity will be given to student(s) to resubmit the project after necessary revisions within 30 days of the feedback.
If the project does not meet the criteria upon resubmission, the project will not qualify for further resubmissions and the project team has to wait for 3 months before they become eligible to reapply. An appeal can be submitted against the decision with clear evidence.
The student(s) can submit an appeal with clear evidence of how they have addressed the deficiency highlighted in their project to meet 50% assessment criteria. Appeals can be submitted within 30 days from the final decision date.
Each of the projects admitted to Innovation Factory will go through a rigorous Health & Safety (H&S) process developed and implemented by Laboratory and Technical Management Office (LTMO) under the university guidelines. Each of the project teams who will be using the lab and equipment will have to go through:
The process will be administered and implemented by related LTMO team with support from relevant parties, e.g. Innovation Factory.
The project admission criteria will be reviewed annually and appropriate adjustments will be made as required.
Note: Innovation Factory reserves the right to change the project criteria anytime during the course of academic year, which will be effective immediately.