What is the difference between nominating an output for peer review and recommending a preferred peer review FoR?
An institution will assign a research output up to three FoR codes. If the institution nominates the output for peer review, it will be made available for peer review in each of the FoRs the output is assigned to. In the case of research outputs which have been nominated for peer review and are assigned to multiple FoR codes an institution may then choose to recommend one (and only one) of those FoR codes as the one in which that output should be peer reviewed. Research Evaluation Committees will be made aware of this preference, but they will also have the discretion to review the output in one or more of the other codes to which it was assigned. This means an output with more than one FoR which is nominated for peer review will contribute to the 20 per cent peer review sample in all its FoRs, regardless of whether one of the FoRs has been selected by the institution as the preferred FoR.
