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Section 2

Esteem Measures

Esteem measures eligible for ERA 2015 embody a measure of prestige and are recognised by experts within the discipline as a highly desired, highly regarded form of accolade or acknowledgment. Almost two-thirds of apportioned esteem measures were Recipients of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship (Category 1), while Membership of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS accounted for most of the remaining total amount of esteem measures. The two-digit codes which had the highest total number of apportioned esteem measures were 11 Medical and Health Sciences and 06 Biological Sciences. See Section 4 for a detailed breakdown.

Apportioned esteem measures by type

Donut chart showing the percentage of apportioned esteem measures by type - 1% Editor of a Prestigious Work of Reference; 29% Membership of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS; 5% Membership of a Statutory Committee; 63% Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship (Category 1); and 2% Recipient of an Australia Council Grant or Fellowship.

Apportioned esteem measures by two-digit FoR code

Bar chart showing total number of apportioned esteem measures by two-digit Fields of Research codes. The top three Fields of Research codes by number of apportioned esteem measures are Medical and Health Sciences, Biological Sciences and Engineering, respectively.