Important Information For Assessors

If you have been asked to be an assessor by an applicant you must ensure that you are both qualified to give an opinion and that you do not have any conflict of interest.

Assessors May Not

	Be directly involved in the project
	Be related to individuals directly involved in the project
	Benefit financially from project or from providing their report
	Be directly involved with the Telematics Trust as an Advisory Committee Member, Trustee or any other member of the Secretariat.

	A critique of the project;
	A summary statement of the merit of the project; and
	An assessment of the track record of the applicant(s), where this is known to you.

An early reply will be appreciated

All Assessor Report must be completed on the appropriate form and faxed or posted directly to the Trust.

If you are unable to assess an application or cannot mail or fax an assessment to reach The Secretariat by the closing date, please return the application and assessment forms to the applicant immediately.

The applicant’s application form will not be accepted if the Assessor report is not received by the closing date.

Assessor’s Reports may be forwarded to the applicant

Please note that Assessor’s Reports may be forwarded to the applicant at their request after consideration of their project, although applicants are not advised of the author's name.  It is therefore suggested that you provide a considered and fair judgement of the project.

Confidentiality

Applications are submitted in confidence.  An assessor is asked to respect this confidence.  If it is necessary, in the interest of forming an opinion, to discuss the application with a colleague, please note such a sharing of confidence in an attachment to the form.  When you have completed your review, please destroy the application.

Submitting the Assessor’s Report

Please return your Assessor’s Report to The Secretariat, The Telematics Course Development Fund, 3rd Floor, 111 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3000 by 5pm on the relevant closing date.

Facsimile: (03) 9650 7986.
Telephone: (03) 9650 3188.
Email : admin@telematics.org.au

Closing Dates for 2008

7 March 2008
15 August 2008

Our Funding Objectives

The Trust targets and funds the application of information and communications technology (ICT) to the learning processes which:

	need special attention
	would be assisted by seeding grants
	are not within the province of other funding bodies

Types of Projects we fund

	Highly innovative development of curriculum material for interactive services
	Instructional design for the use of interactive multimedia
	New hardware-technology product developments specific to learner needs
	Innovative use of ICT services in educational projects specific to learner needs
	Projects that encourage cross sectoral working, networks, cooperation and partnerships within the technology arena (including conferences, exhibitions)
	limited extension of infrastructure to facilitate linkages within and between systems/networks
	Technological projects of demonstrable social relevance
	Research in the following area: the relationship of learner needs to appropriate ICT applications professional development evaluation of the implementation of ICT services

Assesment Criteria

	The quality of the applicant and their ability to deliver the project
	The excellence of the proposed project and the likelihood that it will lead to: the promotion of public education and training in Victoria an important innovation or the solution of an important practical problem economic or social benefit to Victoria and;
	or where a loan is requested the above plus; sufficient financial return to repay the loan details on security provided against the loan

	Be primarily based and/or for the benefit of Victoria and Victorian’s
	Be education and/or training driven and market oriented
	Have applicant partnership funding in either cash or in-kind

	Projects that are almost entirely infrastructural and/or equipment
	Projects that are almost entirely salary and/or travel costs
	Project that merely translate curriculum materials from one medium to another
	Core organisational costs
	Projects lacking innovation

Funding Support

The Trust can provide two forms of support;