| Alignment with this year’s LEAF themes | The degree to which the project is focused on this year’s themes. | The project is very clearly connected to this year’s themes. | The project is somewhat connected to some aspect of this year’s themes. | The project is tangentially connected to this year’s themes. | There is no apparent connection to this year’s themes. |
| Collaboration | The project involves more than one person. | This is a collaborative project from one or more units/programs/departments. | This is a collaborative project of a team of individuals or a single unit/program/ department. | This is a project from a single individual. | Not applicable. |
| Connection to Scholarly Literature | The degree to which the proposal situates the project within the relevant literature and provides a clear conceptual framework. | The proposal clearly and thoroughly describes the relevant literature and explains how the project is grounded in and will contribute to the literature. | The proposal provides an overview of the relevant literature and explains how the project is grounded in the literature. | The proposal briefly references the relevant literature and provides a limited explanation of how the project is grounded in the literature. | The proposal does not describe the relevant literature, nor does it explain how the project is grounded in the literature. |
| Assessment & Evaluation | The assessment/ evaluation component of the project is present. | The methodology for assessing/ evaluating the success of the project is clearly and extensively articulated. | The methodology for assessing/ evaluating the success of the project is articulated. | The methodology for assessing/ evaluating the success of the project is vaguely articulated. | No methodology for assessing/ evaluating the success of the project is articulated in the proposal. |
| Transferability | The transferability of the project’s idea or concept to other units. | The proposal clearly and specifically articulates how the project can be used by other units (with specific examples). | The proposal articulates how the project can be used by other units but without specific examples. | The idea that other units could use the project is vaguely articulated. | There is no articulation of how other units could make use of the project. |
| U of T Resources | The degree to which the project leverages existing resources and mechanisms at U of T. | The proposal comprehensively identifies U of T resources or services that could be leveraged to support the project and specifies those that will be used. | The proposal articulates some U of T resources or services that could be used to support the project. | The proposal vaguely articulates U of T resources or services that could be used to support the project. | The proposal fails to articulate any U of T resources or services that could be used to support the project. |
| Budget | The appropriateness and justification of the budget. | The proposal clearly presents a budget that is appropriately aligned with the project and articulates a strong justification. | The proposal articulates a budget that is nominally aligned with the proposal, both in terms of appropriateness and justification. | The proposal presents a weakly aligned budget. | The proposal presents an impractical or unreasonable budget. |
| Sustainability | The specificity of a plan for the long-term sustainability of the initiative. | The proposal clearly and specifically articulates the long-term mode of sustainability for the project. | The proposal articulates a mode of sustainability for the project. | The proposal contains only a vague notion of how the project will be sustained beyond the terms of the funding. | The proposal does not articulate how the project will be sustained beyond the terms of the funding. |
| Feasibility | The likelihood of producing the planned deliverables based on proposed timelines and resources. | The proposal presents a feasible and appropriately-resourced plan for achieving the project plan. | The proposal presents a project plan that is likely to achieve the proposed outputs/outcomes. | The proposal presents a project plan that is imprecise and raises significant questions regarding feasibility. | The proposal does not present a plan that is likely to be completed given the project plan and resources put forward. |
