The Selection Committee considers each nomination from the Faculty/School according to the following criteria, which have been extracted and summarized from the Manual on Performance-based Reward System for Academic/Teaching Staff to describe “Excellent” performance in the three areas of teaching, scholarly work and service.  Specifically, the Selection Committee looks for the following behavioural traits, performance evidence and/or achievements of the individual colleagues in the past five years for consideration of the Award:

(a)    Outstanding Performance in Teaching
	Capable of stimulating, motivating and facilitating student learning to achieve effective learning outcomes.
	Genuine care and concern for student performance and development and be responsive to their feedback.
	Strong academic leadership in the design of new subject syllabi, curriculum development, course administration and new teaching materials that reflect the latest developments in the discipline.
	Demonstrated ability to share and promote good teaching practice through participation in professional activities related to learning and teaching, as well as through subject publications, workshops, conferences or other means.
	Dedication and commitment to teaching as evidenced by continual improvement efforts which resulted in practical outcomes in improved teaching and student learning, curriculum design and/or assessment.
(b)    Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work
	High quality of scholarly work as evidenced by peer reviews, citations, awards, honours and/or prizes.
	High quality of scholarly work is making an important impact and contribution to the relevant academic discipline or profession, which is widely recognized in the field.
	Recognition as an expert in the field as evidenced by invitations to be keynote speakers in important international conferences, and/or member of the editorial board for refereed journal publications or a member of the review panel for other forms of quality scholarly output.
	Independent research leadership leading to initiation and development of creative ideas, discovery of new frontier, and/or enrichment of the related disciplines.
(c)    Outstanding Performance in Service
	Dedication and commitment to serve the Department/Faculty/School/ University through taking up various academic and administrative leadership positions, with a view to helping the University grow and develop and prosper.
	Active involvement in consultancy work, public service, professional community, and the community at large which help to raise the academic standing of the University.  Paid consultancies/services would normally be excluded from award consideration.
	Frequent invitations to provide services to other academic institutions/ professional bodies which resulted in collaborations and exchanges between the University with other academic institutions and the wider community.
(d)    Outstanding Young Researcher
	Contribution to high-impact scholarly work leading to significant breakthrough and/or enrichment of the related disciplines.
	Demonstrated growing maturity in scholarly work with emerging standing in the international scene.
	Recognition of scholarly work as evidenced by attainment of research grants from prestigious bodies, peer reviews, citations, etc. which may vary across different disciplines.

     The Selection Committee has the discretion in refining the selection criteria for respective Awards taking into account the uniqueness of different academic disciplines.