Assessment criteria (Compass)
On what basis is your final project assessed?
The Future Proef Award rewards final projects that focus on sustainability. This can range from promoting sustainable thinking or devising sustainable solutions to societal challenges, to actually taking sustainable action.
The jury takes into account the following criteria when assessing the final projects:
- Having a broad vision on or understanding of sustainability, with attention to ecological (for our planet), economic (for our prosperity), and/or social (for people) dimensions.
- (Potential) impact on society.
- Being innovative and/or creative in terms of sustainability, in ideas or approach, while considering a sustainable future.
If you are participating in the Future Proef Award, you can prepare a justification based on these criteria. On the ‘apply’ page you will find a template per educational level (graduate, bachelor and master). Use this template to explain how your final thesis contributes to the criteria. You should then attach this completed template to your application.
To give you some direction, we worked out a compass (see below) that you can use when developing and elaborating a final thesis.
It is not necessary to meet all criteria to have a chance of winning the Future Proef Award. We have refined the above three criteria for each educational level. Please use the appropriate document as a guide to formulate your justification in your submission form (see registration step-by-step guide).
Sustainability Compass
To understand and interpret the criteria properly, we have prepared a sustainability compass. This compass includes a series of in-depth questions for each criterion. These questions can help you to gain a broader understanding on the topic and make you reflect critically. The questions are not all-encompassing, they are a guide for developing your final thesis and for writing your justification. The compass can be supplemented with elements you identify yourself that are important to you in interpreting the criteria. After all, sustainability is a multifaceted concept with different interpretations.
Have a look at the sustainability compass of the educational level (graduate, professional bachelor or master) in which you submit your final thesis below. You can also download the pdf-document.