Scoring Associate Professorships (Grade 10)

Promotion to Associate Professor (Grade 10) is determined by reference to the scoring scheme for promotion to Professor but adapted to reflect the fact that the balance between research, teaching and researcher development and service can shift in different directions over the course of an individual’s career. 

The ACP 10-12 scheme has the flexibility to accommodate the non-linear progression of many academic careers.  At the point of application, applicants are asked to choose which scoring weighting option they would like the committees to use when assessing their application; option 1 provides the same research-weighted scoring option used for scoring applications for Professorships (Grades 11 and 12) and Clinical Professorships, and option 2 provides a teaching-weighted scoring option.

Promotion to Associate Professor (Grade 10): Option 1 (research-weighted)

Applications will be assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Research and Research Leadership (50/100); 
• Teaching and Researcher Development (30/100); and 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (20/100). 

In exceptional circumstances, it may be appropriate to depart from the standard scoring model. This should be on an individual basis so that the maximum score for Teaching and Researcher Development is reduced to 20 with either:

• First alternative: Research and Research Leadership is increased to 60 points and Service remains at a maximum of 20 points; or
• Second alternative: Service is increased to 30 points and Research and Research Leadership remains at a maximum of 50. 

The table below provides the details of the alternative scoring models available. More information on when it is appropriate to depart from the standard scoring model can be found here.

Promotion to Associate Professor (Grade 10): Option 2 (teaching-weighted)

Applicants are assessed against the following evaluative criteria and scoring methodology: 

• Teaching and Researcher Development (50/100); 
• Service to the University and the Academic Community (30/100); and 
• Research and Research Leadership (20/100). 

In exceptional circumstances, it may be appropriate to depart from the standard scoring model. This should be on an individual basis so that the maximum score for Service is reduced to 20 with either:

• First alternative: Teaching and Researcher Development is increased to 60 and Research remains at a maximum of 20 points, or
• Second alternative: Research is increased to 30, and Teaching and Researcher Development remains at a maximum of 50.

The table below provides the details of the alternative scoring models available. More information on when it is appropriate to depart from the standard scoring model can be found here.

Scoring applications for promotion to Grade 10 from staff with curatorial, conservation and associated responsibilities 

Those who currently hold Grade 9 offices or unestablished posts with curatorial, conservation and associated responsibilities in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and the Fitzwilliam Museum who wish to apply for promotion to Grade 10, must select the “Associate Professor (Grade 10)” option in the ACP Application Portal. Curatorial, conservation and associated staff are necessarily more focused on research and service than on teaching, so they should choose option 1 (research-weighted) when submitting their application. When assessing these applications, committees would normally use the first alternative scoring model available under option 1 for these applicants, to reduce the weighting for Teaching and Researcher Development to 20/100.

Applications from curatorial, conservation and associated staff for promotion to Grade 10 will be scored and ranked alongside applications for this grade from Assistant/Associate Professors (Grade 9).