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’re taking part in the Future Proef Award, you can prepare a justification based on the award criteria. On the ‘registration’ page, you’ll find a template for each educational level (associate degree, bachelor’s, and master’s). Use the appropriate template to explain how your final project meets the criteria, and attach the completed form to your application.
To help you get started, we’ve developed a ‘compass’ (see below) you can use as inspiration while working on your final thesis or project.
You don’t need to meet all criteria to be in the running for the Future Proef Award. We’ve tailored the three core criteria to each educational level — so make sure to use the right template to guide your justification in the submission form (see the step-by-step registration 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.
To help you better understand and apply the criteria, we’ve created a Sustainability Compass. This tool offers a set of in-depth questions for each criterion. These questions are meant to broaden your perspective and encourage critical reflection. They’re not exhaustive, but serve as a guide to support both the development of your final project and the writing of your justification.
Feel free to add your own insights or elements that matter to you — sustainability is a complex concept with many possible interpretations.
Scroll down to view the Sustainability Compass for your educational level (Associate degree, Professional Bachelor, or Master). You can also download the PDF version.