{"id":"F2011L00404","name":"Australian Research Council Future Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011","slug":"australian-research-council-future-fellowships-funding-rules-for-funding-commencing-in-2011","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":437543,"registerId":"F2011L00404-fast-fetch-1775954356051","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Research Council Future Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Discovery Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2012\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nFuture Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011\n\n \n\nAustralian Research Council Act 2001\n\n \n\nI, KIM CARR, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, having satisfied myself of the matters set out in section 59 of the Australian Research Council Act 2001, approve these Funding Rules under section 60 of that Act.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated    10 February 2011\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nKim Carr\n\nMinister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research\n\nTable of Contents\n\n \n\n[Key Dates](#_Toc284578670)\n\n[Contacts](#_Toc284578671)\n\n[1. Name of Funding Rules](#_Toc284578672)\n\n[2. Commencement](#_Toc284578673)\n\n[3. Definitions](#_Toc284578674)\n\n[4. Introduction](#_Toc284578675)\n\n[4.1 Overview](#_Toc284578676)\n\n[4.2 Future Fellowships](#_Toc284578677)\n\n[4.3 Selection Criteria and Targeted Priority Areas](#_Toc284578678)\n\n[4.4 Strategic Statement](#_Toc284578679)\n\n[5. Funding](#_Toc284578680)\n\n[5.1 Level and Period of Funding](#_Toc284578681)\n\n[5.2 Budget Items Supported](#_Toc284578682)\n\n[5.3 Budget Items Not Supported](#_Toc284578683)\n\n[5.4 Research / Activities Not Supported](#_Toc284578684)\n\n[6. Organisational Types, Roles and Eligibility](#_Toc284578685)\n\n[6.1 Eligible Organisations](#_Toc284578686)\n\n[6.2 Host Organisations](#_Toc284578687)\n\n[7. Role and Eligibility for the Future Fellow](#_Toc284578688)\n\n[7.1 General](#_Toc284578689)\n\n[7.2 Eligibility Criteria for the Future Fellow](#_Toc284578690)\n\n[8. Salary Levels](#_Toc284578691)\n\n[9. Number of Proposals, Funded Projects and Cross-Scheme Eligibility](#_Toc284578692)\n\n[9.1 Number of Proposals and Funded Projects](#_Toc284578693)\n\n[9.2 Proposal Eligibility](#_Toc284578694)\n\n[9.3 Cross-Scheme Eligibility](#_Toc284578695)\n\n[10. Eligibility Exemption](#_Toc284578696)\n\n[11. Submission of Proposals](#_Toc284578697)\n\n[11.1 Proposals](#_Toc284578698)\n\n[11.2 Submission of Proposals in the RMS](#_Toc284578699)\n\n[11.3 Closing Time for Proposals](#_Toc284578700)\n\n[11.4 Certification in the RMS](#_Toc284578701)\n\n[11.5 Conflict of Interest](#_Toc284578702)\n\n[12. Selection and Approval Process](#_Toc284578703)\n\n[12.1 Assessment and Selection Process](#_Toc284578704)\n\n[12.2 Rejoinder](#_Toc284578705)\n\n[12.3 Request Not to Assess](#_Toc284578706)\n\n[12.4 Recommendations and Offer of Funding](#_Toc284578707)\n\n[13. Appeals Process](#_Toc284578708)\n\n[14. Reporting Requirements](#_Toc284578709)\n\n[14.1 Progress Reports](#_Toc284578710)\n\n[14.2 End of Year Reports](#_Toc284578711)\n\n[14.3 Final Report](#_Toc284578712)\n\n[14.4 Audited Financial Statement](#_Toc284578713)\n\n[15. Fundamental Principles of Conducting Research](#_Toc284578714)\n\n[15.1 Ethics and Research Practices](#_Toc284578715)\n\n[15.2 Applicable Law](#_Toc284578716)\n\n[15.3 Confidentiality](#_Toc284578717)\n\n[15.4 Intellectual Property](#_Toc284578718)\n\n[15.5 Incomplete or Misleading Information](#_Toc284578719)\n\nAppendix A - [Eligible Organisations](#_Toc284578720)\n\n[A1.1 Higher Education Organisations](#_Toc284578721)\n\n[A1.2 Other Eligible Organisations](#_Toc284578722)\n\n[A1.3 Medical Research Institutes](#_Toc284578723)\n\nKey Dates\n\n| Closing time for Eligibility Exemption Requests | 5.00 pm (AEDT)  Wednesday 9 March 2011 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Closing time for submission of Proposals | 5.00 pm (AEST)  Wednesday 20 April 2011 |\n| Deadline for Request not to Assess | 5.00 pm (AEST)  Wednesday 20 April 2011 |\n\n\n \n\nDates for the award of a PhD (or having achieved equivalent status) to be eligible for a Future Fellowship:\n\n| Future Fellowship | On or between 20 April 1996 and 20 April 2006 |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n \n\nContacts\n\nResearchers should direct requests for information to the Research Office within their organisation.\n\n \n\nARC Contacts:\n\n- by mail to: by courier to:\n- Future Fellowships CoordinatorAustralian Research CouncilGPO Box 2702CANBERRA ACT 2601 Future Fellowships CoordinatorAustralian Research CouncilLevel 2, 11 Lancaster Place, Majura ParkCANBERRA ACT 2609\n- Email: <ARC-FutureFellowships@arc.gov.au> Phone: 02 6287 6600Fax: 02 6287 6638Web: [www.arc.gov.au](http://www.arc.gov.au/)\n\n\n \n\nAppeals must be addressed and sent:\n\n| by mail to: | or | by courier to: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| The Appeals Officer<br>Australian Research Council<br>GPO Box 2702<br>CANBERRA  ACT  2601<br> |  | The Appeals Officer<br>Australian Research Council<br>Level 2, 11 Lancaster Place,<br>Majura Park<br>CANBERRA ACT 2609 |\n| RMS Helpdesk:<br>Email:  <rms@arc.gov.au><br>Phone: 02 6287 6789 |  |  |\n\n1. Name of Funding Rules\n\n\nThese Funding Rules are the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011.\n\n2.                      Commencement\n\nThese Funding Rules shall take effect upon registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3.                      Definitions\n\nIn these Funding Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n \n\nAdjunct or Emeritus Appointment or equivalent means that an Eligible Organisation has a formal agreement with a researcher which establishes an ongoing association with the Eligible Organisation, of the nature of an Emeritus or honorary academic or visiting fellow. The ARC may seek documentary evidence of such an association if it is considered necessary.\n\n \n\nAdministering Organisation means an Eligible Organisation which submits a Proposal for funding under Future Fellowships and which will be responsible for the administration of the funding if the Project is approved for funding.\n\n \n\nARC means the Australian Research Council, as established under the ARC Act.\n\n \n\nARC Act means the Australian Research Council Act 2001.\n\n \n\nARC Fellowship means a named Fellowship position within any ARC scheme where the salary is funded wholly or partly by the ARC.\n\n \n\nARC Research Centres Program encompasses any research centre wholly or partly funded by the ARC and includes Centres of Excellence, Special Research Centres, Co-funded Centres and Special Research Initiatives.\n\n \n\nAward of PhD Date means the date of conferral of a PhD, not the date of submission of the thesis, nor the date the thesis was accepted by the examination board.\n\n \n\nCentre Personnel means the Centre Director, Research Director, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Investigators or Specified Personnel in the ARC Research Centres Program.\n\n \n\nCommonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia.\n\n \n\nCommonwealth-funded Research Centre means a research centre established under a competitive Commonwealth scheme and includes Cooperative Research Centres and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centres of Clinical Research Excellence.\n\n \n\nConflict of Interest means an actual or perceived conflict between a person’s public duty and their private or personal interest.\n\n \n\nEligibility Exemption Request is for the purposes of obtaining an exemption from the ARC regarding the eligibility of a prospective Proposal.\n\n \n\nEligible Organisation means an organisation listed in Appendix A.\n\n \n\nFunding Agreement means the agreement entered into by the ARC and an Administering Organisation when a Proposal from that organisation is approved for funding. This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions under which the Commonwealth will provide funding and the Administering Organisation will be responsible for administration of the funding and the conduct of the Project.\n\n \n\nFuture Fellow means a researcher who receives funding under the ARC Future Fellowships scheme.\n\n \n\nFuture Fellowship Candidate means a researcher nominated in a Proposal for a Future Fellowship.\n\n \n\nGST has the meaning as given in section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.\n\n \n\nHost Organisation means an organisation, other than the Administering Organisation, at which the Future Fellow undertakes her/his research.\n\n \n\nMinister means the Minister from time to time responsible for the administration of the ARC Act, or the Minister’s delegate.\n\n \n\nNational Innovation Priority means a National Innovation Priority as detailed on the ARC website.\n\n \n\nNational Research Priority means a National Research Priority as detailed on the ARC website.\n\n \n\nProject means a Proposal approved by the Minister to receive funding from the ARC.\n\n \n\nProposal means a request to the ARC for the provision of funding which is submitted in accordance with the Funding Rules.\n\n \n\nResearch Office means a business unit within an Eligible Organisation that is responsible for administrative contact with the ARC regarding Proposals and Projects.\n\n \n\nRMS means the ARC’s online Research Management System.\n\n \n\nSpecial Condition means a special condition specified in a Funding Agreement which governs the use of the funding provided by the ARC.\n\n\n4.                      Introduction\n\n4.1                   Overview\n\n4.1.1             These Funding Rules are current as at February 2011 and have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the ARC Act in force then.\n\n4.1.2             The Future Fellowships scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research.\n\n4.1.3             For the purposes of these Funding Rules, research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.\n\nThis definition of research is consistent with a broad notion of research and experimental development (R&D) as comprising creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of humanity, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise [innovative] applications[[1]](#_ftn1).\n\n4.2                   Future Fellowships\n\n4.2.1             The objectives of the Future Fellowships scheme are to:\n\n1. attract and retain outstanding mid-career researchers;\n2. build collaboration across industry and/or research institutions and/or disciplines;\n3. support research in national priorities across all disciplines that will result in economic, environmental, social, health and/or cultural benefits for Australia; and\n4. strengthen Australia’s research capacity by supporting innovative, internationally competitive research.\n\n\n4.2.2             Up to 200 Future Fellowships may be awarded for funding commencing in 2011.\n\n4.3                   Selection Criteria and Targeted Priority Areas\n\n4.3.1             Proposals will be assessed and ranked using the following selection criteria:\n\n1. Future Fellowship Candidate 40%\n\n\n1. research opportunity and performance evidence (ROPE);\n2. capacity to undertake the proposed research;\n3. record of high quality research outputs appropriate to the discipline/s;\n4. evidence of national and/or international research standing; and\n5. contribution to national and/or international public policy debates and initiatives.\n\n\nb.        Project Quality 35%\n\n1. does the research address a significant problem?\n\n\nii.             is the conceptual/theoretical framework innovative and original?\n\niii.           will the aims, concepts, methods and results advance knowledge?\n\niv.           are the design and methods appropriate?\n\nv.             will the proposed research provide economic, environmental, social, health and/or cultural benefit to Australia?\n\nvi.           is there a contribution to public policy formulation and debate?\n\nvii.         does the proposed Project address National Research Priorities?\n\nviii.      will the proposed Project contribute significantly to the advancement of knowledge in one or more of the targeted priority areas in subsection 4.3.2?\n\nc.         Strategic Alignment / Collaboration 25%\n\n1. how well does the Future Fellowship Candidate align with and/or complement the research strengths or developing research strengths and staffing profile of the Administering Organisation?\n2. are the necessary facilities to complete the proposed Project available?\n3. are there adequate strategies to encourage dissemination, commercialisation, if appropriate; and promotion of research outcomes?\n4. how will the Future Fellowship Candidate build collaboration across industry and/or research institutions and/or with other disciplines?\n\n\n4.3.2             Future Fellowships funding commencing in 2011 encourages Proposals in the following targeted priority areas:\n\n1. National research capacity\n\n\nThe Proposal should demonstrate how the Project and the Future Fellowship Candidate will increase Australia’s research capacity to undertake research in the targeted areas at the most appropriate Administering Organisation, including, attracting Australian or overseas researchers to conduct research in the best research environment whilst developing existing or emerging research strengths.\n\nb.        Targeted discipline areas\n\nThe targeted discipline areas where national research capacity needs enhancing are enabling disciplines: computer science; economics; education; engineering; English; information science; nursing and allied health; and political science.\n\nc.         Targeted research areas\n\nThe targeted research areas of national significance are: Asian studies; chemical and biological hazards; community and preventative health; computer system security, pattern recognition and data mining; environment and climate change; forensic science; immigration; Indigenous health and well-being; land-based transport systems; manufacturing innovation; safeguarding Australia (especially electronic security, surveillance and detection); and social inclusion and systemic disadvantage.\n\n4.4                   Strategic Statement\n\n The Administering Organisation must provide a strategic statement within the Proposal which:\n\n1. details the existing and/or emerging research strengths of the Administering Organisation;\n2. describes how the Future Fellowship Candidate aligns with and/or complements the staffing profile of the Administering Organisation;\n3. outlines plans for integration of the Future Fellowship Candidate into the ongoing activities of the organisation at the end of the Fellowship; and\n4. is signed by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Chief Executive Officer or equivalent.\n\n\n1. Funding\n  1.                Level and Period of Funding\n    1.          All amounts referred to in these Funding Rules are to be read as exclusive of GST (if any), unless expressly stated otherwise.\n    2.          A Future Fellowship may be requested/awarded at one of three salary levels and salary-related (on-cost) funding.\n    3.          A Future Fellowship will be funded for four years on a full-time basis.\n    4.          An Administering Organisation may be awarded up to $50,000 of non-salary funding per annum which may be used for infrastructure, equipment, travel and relocation costs directly related to the Future Fellow’s research.\n    5.          Funding for approved Projects will commence with effect on 1 July 2011, unless other arrangements are approved by the Minister.\n  2.                Budget Items Supported\n\n\nBudget items which directly support the Future Fellowship Candidate’s research maybe funded from the non-salary funding, including:\n\n1. maintenance, infrastructure and equipment required for the Future Fellowship Project. Funding will not be provided for infrastructure and equipment that is deemed to be for general use;\n2. one laptop every two years, and proportional access to high-performance computers or other specialised computer applications that are justified against the proposed Project for use only by the Future Fellow;\n3. web development for research only;\n4. expert services of a third party if the services are deemed to be directly related to and necessary for the proposed Project. Such services include, but are not limited to: translation services; transcription services; workshop services; data collection and analysis services; and the purchase of bibliographical or archival material (electronic or hardcopy);\n5. publication and dissemination of Project outputs and outreach activity costs of up to two (2) per cent of the total non-salary funding awarded to the Project. The ARC strongly encourages publication in publicly accessible outlets and the depositing of data and any publications arising from a Project in an appropriate subject and/or institutional repository;\n6. relocation costs subject to the policies of the Administering Organisation; and\n7. travel costs subject to the policies of the Administering Organisation not exceeding $50,000 over the life of the Fellowship, unless at least three consecutive months will be spent at a Host Organisation and/or significant periods of time will be spent overseas.\n\n\n5.3                   Budget Items Not Supported\n\n5.3.1             Budget items which will not be supported by ARC funding include:\n\n1. construction and refurbishment of general purpose buildings in whole or in part;\n2. salaries for personnel other than the Future Fellow (unless allowed in subsection 5.2d);\n3. stipends for postgraduate students in whole or in part;\n4. teaching and/or teaching relief;\n5. fees for international students or the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) and Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) liabilities for students;\n6. costs not directly related to research or the proposed Project. Examples include but are not limited to: costs of a personal nature (visas, insurance, mobile phones (purchase or call charges)), entertainment costs, hospitality costs, and other indirect costs; and\n7. hosting of workshops and conferences.\n\n\n5.3.2             The following basic facilities must be provided and funded by the Administering Organisation and be accessible to the Future Fellow where relevant:\n\n1. accommodation (e.g., laboratory and office, suitably equipped and furnished);\n2. access to film or music editing facilities;\n3. access to a basic library collection;\n4. standard reference materials;\n5. web hosting;\n6. provision of computers and basic computing facilities such as printers, word processing and other standard software; and\n7. use of photocopiers, telephones, mail, fax, email and internet services.\n\n\n5.4                   Research / Activities Not Supported\n\nExcept where such activities meet the definition of research at subsection 4.1.3, the Future Fellowships scheme does not support production of:\n\n1. descriptive data compilations, catalogues or bibliographies;\n2. teaching materials; or\n3. compilation of data, computer programs, research aids and tools.\n\n\n\n\n\n6.                      Organisational Types, Roles and Eligibility\n\n6.1                   Eligible Organisations\n\n6.1.1             A Proposal may only be submitted by an Eligible Organisation listed at Appendix A.\n\n6.1.2             The Eligible Organisation which submits the Proposal will be the Administering Organisation.\n\n6.1.3             A Proposal may involve one Administering Organisation and one or more Host Organisations.\n\n6.2                   Host Organisations\n\n6.2.1             If the Future Fellowship Candidate proposes to undertake research at an organisation other than the Administering Organisation whilst holding a Future Fellowship, this organisation must be listed as a Host Organisation within the Proposal.\n\n6.2.2             Each Proposal may identify one or more Host Organisations which do not have to be Eligible Organisations listed in Appendix A.\n\n6.2.3             The Proposal must describe:\n\n1. the extent of the collaboration between the Future Fellowship Candidate and the Host Organisation(s);\n2. the extent to which the Host Organisation(s) will accommodate the Future Fellowship Candidate; and\n3. how the Host Organisation(s) will provide a suitable research environment for the Future Fellowship Candidate.\n\n\n6.2.4             The Future Fellow may conduct research at the Host Organisation(s), providing that it is in the best interests of the research and its outcomes, and is of national benefit to Australia for a period or periods of up to:\n\n1. twelve (12) months in total, over the life of the Future Fellowship at Host Organisations that are not Eligible Organisations and/or research related fieldwork; or\n2. twenty-four (24) months in total, over the life of the Future Fellowship at Host Organisations that are Eligible Organisations.\n\n\n7.                      Role and Eligibility for the Future Fellow\n\n7.1                   General\n\n7.1.1             The Future Fellow must take significant intellectual responsibility for the Project, its conception, and any strategic decisions required in its pursuit and the communication of its results. The researcher must have the capacity to make a serious commitment to the Fellowship. The ARC reserves the right to determine whether a person has the requisite capacity to perform the role.\n\n7.1.2             The Future Fellow is expected to spend the majority of her/his time on research activities related to the proposed Fellowship and may not engage in other professional activities for the duration of the Fellowship.\n\n7.1.3             The Future Fellowship is initially awarded on a full-time basis only. The Fellowship may be converted to (or from) part-time at any time after the award only to enable the Future Fellow to continue to fulfil family and/or carer responsibilities, provided the Fellowship does not exceed six years from the date of commencement (excluding any approved periods of suspension and/or maternity and/or parental leave). A Fellowship can be converted to working hours between 0.5 and 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) by submitting a request to the ARC through the Research Office (or equivalent) of the Administering Organisation.\n\n7.1.4             The Administering Organisation must ensure the Future Fellow has access to periods of up to 14 weeks paid maternity leave where such leave is taken during the course of the Fellowship. The ARC will provide up to 14 weeks additional funding for this purpose. The Administering Organisation must seek ARC approval for any extension to the life of the Project exceeding the 14 weeks paid maternity leave.\n\n7.1.5             The Future Fellow may spend up to 0.05 FTE of her/his time annually on teaching activities. Supervision of honours or postgraduate students is not included in this limit.\n\n7.1.6             The Future Fellow must conduct research for a minimum of 24 months of the Fellowship at the Administering Organisation.\n\n7.1.7             The Future Fellow must be employed by the Administering Organisation for the duration of the Fellowship.\n\n7.2                   Eligibility Criteria for the Future Fellow\n\n7.2.1             A Proposal must only nominate one Future Fellowship Candidate.\n\n7.2.2             For the purposes of the Future Fellowships scheme, mid-career researchers have between 5 and 15 years research experience since the award of their PhD (or equivalent research qualification) at the closing time for submission of Proposals. To be considered a mid-career researcher, the Future Fellowship Candidate must:\n\n1. have been awarded a PhD on or between 20 April 1996 and 20 April 2006; or\n2. have obtained approval from the ARC, via the submission of an Eligibility Exemption Request pursuant to the process outlined in Section 10, for the:\n\n\n1. recognition of research experience or a research qualification equivalent to between 5 and 15 years research experience since the award of a PhD; and/or\n2. variation of the qualification and/or timing requirements. Applications for the variation of timing will not be approved if the researcher was awarded their PhD less than 5 years or more than 22 years from the closing date for submission of Proposals.\n\n\n7.2.3             At the closing time of submission of Proposals, all obligations regarding previously funded ARC and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Projects involving the Future Fellowship Candidate must have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the ARC or NHMRC. Such obligations include the provision of satisfactory progress and final reports.\n\n7.2.4             The Future Fellow must legally reside predominantly in Australia for the duration of the Future Fellowship, except where ARC approval has been granted.\n\n7.2.5             The Future Fellow must relinquish any Fellowships or the duties of any existing appointments prior to commencement. The Future Fellow may hold honorary or non-remunerated Fellowships. The Administering Organisation must ensure that honorary or non-remunerated Fellowships will not impair the capacity of the Future Fellow to complete the proposed Project.\n\n7.2.6             Subject to subsection 7.2.5, at the closing time of submission of Proposals, a Future Fellowship Candidate who holds an ARC or NHMRC Fellowship may apply for a Future Fellowship only in the final year of her/his Fellowship.\n\n7.2.7             The Future Fellow cannot commence another ARC Fellowship until the entire Future Fellowship salary component has been expended.\n\n8.                      Salary Levels\n\n8.1.1             A Future Fellowship salary may be requested and awarded at one of three salary levels (2011$) (plus salary-related (on-cost) funding), which is either equivalent to or higher than the academic salary level of the Future Fellowship Candidate as at the closing time for submission of Proposals.\n\nTable 1: Future Fellowship Salary Levels\n\n| Future Fellowship<br>Salary Levels | Salary | On-costs<br>28% | Total |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Future Fellowship Level 1<br>(1.0 FTE) | $100,493 | $28,139 | $128,632 |\n| Future Fellowship Level 2<br>(1.0 FTE) | $121,651 | $34,063 | $155,714 |\n| Future Fellowship Level 3<br>(1.0 FTE) | $142,806 | $39,986 | $182,792 |\n\n\n8.1.2             Where the Future Fellowship Candidate is either unemployed, in part-time employment, or is an international researcher, the minimum salary level applicable should be determined by the Future Fellowship Candidate’s most recent full-time appointment (at level) and the nearest salary equivalent in Australian dollars ($A). Researchers with a current salary level greater than Future Fellowship Level 3 can only apply for a Future Fellowship Level 3.\n\n8.1.3             The ARC has the absolute discretion to permit a variation of the requirements outlined in subsection 8.1.1, for circumstances including, but not limited to, Future Fellowship Candidates who are employed overseas, who are not employed, or who are not receiving a salary, at the time of submission of Proposals.\n\n8.1.4             The salary level guide and classifications outlined are intended to provide the Future Fellowship Candidate with guidance as to the standard expected at each Future Fellowship Salary Level, in terms of classification relative to opportunities.\n\n8.1.5             Future Fellowship Level 1 – Salary $100,493 (plus 28% on-costs)\n\nA Future Fellowship Level 1 Candidate will:\n\n1. be equivalent to Academic Level C (or at a salary level below) within an Australian University;\n2. be recognised nationally as being influential in expanding the knowledge of their discipline area; and\n3. have made independent and original contributions to research, which have a significant impact on their field of expertise.\n\n\n8.1.6             Future Fellowship Level 2 – Salary $121,651 (plus 28% on-costs)\n\nA Future Fellowship Level 2 Candidate will:\n\n1. be equivalent to Academic Level D (or at a salary level below) within an Australian University;\n2. be recognised internationally as being influential in expanding the knowledge of their discipline area;\n3. have made independent and original contributions to research, which have a significant impact on their field of expertise; and\n4. lead and foster excellence in research, including research training supervision.\n\n\n8.1.7             Future Fellowship Level 3 – Salary $142,806 (plus 28% on-costs)\n\nA Future Fellowship Level 3 Candidate will:\n\n1. be equivalent to Academic Level E (or at a salary level below) within an Australian University;\n2. be recognised internationally as being influential in expanding the knowledge of their discipline area;\n3. have made outstanding contributions to research, which have a high level of impact on their field of expertise internationally;\n4. lead and foster excellence in research, including research training supervision;\n5. make or have made a contribution to high level research policy; and\n6. be capable of initiation and management of large research projects.\n\n\n9.                      Number of Proposals, Funded Projects and Cross-Scheme Eligibility\n\n9.1                   Number of Proposals and Funded Projects\n\n9.1.1             The Future Fellowship Candidate may be nominated on no more than one Future Fellowships Proposal in this funding round, evaluated as at the closing time of submission of Proposals, regardless of any subsequent change in, or withdrawal of, Proposals. Submitting Proposals that exceed this limit will result in all Proposals involving the relevant researcher not being recommended for funding.\n\n9.1.2             The Future Fellowship Candidate may not submit more than two Future Fellowship Proposals in the funding rounds between 2009 and 2013. This includes Proposals that have been withdrawn after the closing time of submission of Proposals and Proposals which were deemed ineligible by the ARC.\n\n9.1.3             A Future Fellow cannot apply for a subsequent Future Fellowship.\n\n9.1.4             A Future Fellow may only receive funding concurrently for a maximum of two Discovery Projects. If two Projects are funded concurrently under the Discovery Projects scheme only one can be as sole CI.\n\n9.1.5             A Future Fellow will not be permitted to relinquish a CI, Fellow or Centre Personnel role or existing ARC grants held on 1 July 2011, to circumvent these limits.\n\n9.1.6             Proposals may be submitted only to the extent that, if successful, the Future Fellowship Candidate nominated on the Proposal would not be involved in more than the maximum number of Projects permitted after 1 July 2011 evaluated as at the closing time of submission of Proposals. A Project is considered to be funded for the years set out in the Funding Agreement.\n\n9.2                   Proposal Eligibility\n\n9.2.1             The ARC will not duplicate funding for research, including infrastructure, funded as at 1 July 2011 by the Commonwealth.\n\n9.2.2             The Proposal must list all current funding and requested funding for the Future Fellowship Candidate under any ARC scheme or any other Commonwealth funding scheme.\n\n9.2.3             The ARC will assess whether a Proposal meets the eligibility requirements in these Funding Rules and may recommend that a Proposal that does not meet the requirements be deemed ineligible.\n\n9.3                   Cross-Scheme Eligibility\n\n9.3.1             During the 2011 calendar year, a request for a Discovery Outstanding Researcher Award (DORA) within a Discovery Projects Proposal and a Future Fellowships Proposal cannot be submitted for the same researcher.\n\n9.3.2             During the 2011 calendar year, researchers cannot apply for a Fellowship on a NHMRC Proposal and a Future Fellowship Proposal.\n\n10.                 Eligibility Exemption\n\n10.1.1         An Eligibility Exemption Request, including all supporting documentation, must be submitted on the ARC Eligibility Exemption Request Form. This form must be submitted through the RMS and received by the ARC by 5.00 pm (AEDT) Wednesday 9 March 2011, unless otherwise advised.\n\n10.1.2         Eligibility Exemption Requests received after 5.00 pm (AEDT) Wednesday 9 March 2011 will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.\n\n10.1.3         The Research Office will be advised of the outcome of any such request as soon as possible. If an Eligibility Exemption is given, the ARC will provide an identifying number for the exemption which is to be quoted on the relevant Proposal.\n\n10.1.4         The ARC may grant an Eligibility Exemption for the Future Fellowship Candidate commensurate with a significant interruption or limitation of their research outputs owing to:\n\n1. periods of approved maternity/parental/carers leave;\n2. greater than three months of unemployment;\n3.  part-time academic employment, where the part-time position is the Future Fellowship Candidate’s sole source of employment; and/or\n4. any other exceptional circumstances.\n\n\n10.1.5         The ARC may grant an Eligibility Exemption for the Future Fellowship Candidate where evidence can be provided to indicate that the Future Fellowship Candidate’s research qualification/experience is equivalent to a PhD obtained within the time limits (see subsection 7.2.2b).\n\n10.1.6         The ARC Eligibility Exemption Request Form is available on the ARC website.\n\n11.                 Submission of Proposals\n\n11.1               Proposals\n\n11.1.1         The Proposal must contain all the information necessary for assessment without the need for further written or oral explanation, or reference to additional documentation, unless requested by the ARC.\n\n11.1.2         All details in the Proposal must be current at the time of submission.\n\n11.2               Submission of Proposals in the RMS\n\n11.2.1         Administering Organisations must submit Proposals through the RMS unless otherwise advised by the ARC.\n\n11.2.2         All Proposals must meet the format and content requirements, including certification, as set out in the RMS form and the Instructions to Applicants.\n\n11.3               Closing Time for Proposals\n\n11.3.1         The online form completed within the RMS must be submitted by 5.00pm (AEST) Wednesday 20 April 2011.\n\n11.3.2         Additions, deletions and modifications will not be accepted after submission, unless invited by the ARC.\n\n11.3.3         Proposals may be withdrawn up until 5.00pm (AEST) Friday 1 July 2011 by the Administering Organisation by notice in writing to the ARC.\n\n11.4               Certification in the RMS\n\n11.4.1         The Administering Organisation must certify a Proposal online in the RMS. Research Offices should ensure that the Research Office delegate role is authorised in the RMS to certify and submit Proposals.\n\n11.4.2         The ARC reserves the right at any point in the process to seek evidence from the Administering Organisation to support the certification of Proposals.\n\n11.5               Conflict of Interest\n\n11.5.1         Each party involved in a Proposal must declare at the date of submission any Conflict of Interest that exists or is likely to arise in relation to any aspect of the Proposal.\n\n11.5.2         If a Conflict of Interest exists or arises, the Administering Organisation must have documented processes in place for managing the Conflict of Interest for the duration of the Project. Such processes must comply with the NHMRC/ARC/UA Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2007) and any relevant successor document.\n\n12.                 Selection and Approval Process\n\n12.1               Assessment and Selection Process\n\n12.1.1         Assessment of Proposals is undertaken by the ARC, which has the right to make recommendations for funding to the Minister, based on any number of assessments or solely on the basis of its expertise.\n\n12.1.2         All Proposals may be:\n\n1. considered against eligibility criteria and compliance with the Funding Rules;\n2. assigned to independent assessors, from a range of organisations, who will assess and report, which may include written comments, on the Proposal against the selection criteria; and\n3. ranked and allocated a budget, relative to other Proposals, by the Selection Advisory Committee, on the basis of the Proposal, any assessors’ reports and any rejoinder.\n\n\n12.1.3         The ARC has procedures in place for managing organisational and personal Conflicts of Interest for assessors, members of the Selection Advisory Committee, members of other ARC Committees and ARC staff.\n\n12.2               Rejoinder\n\nThe Administering Organisation may be given the opportunity for a rejoinder to assessors’ written comments, and to provide any additional information requested by the ARC. Names of assessors will not be provided to the Administering Organisation.\n\n12.3               Request Not to Assess\n\nAdministering Organisations may name any person or persons whom they do not wish to assess a Proposal on a ‘Request not to Assess’ form. The notification must be sent to the email address advised under Contacts at the beginning of these Funding Rules and received by the ARC by the closing time for Proposals, 5:00 pm (AEST), Wednesday 20 April 2011. The ARC will consider the justification put forward to exclude any person as an assessor, but may choose not to give effect to such a request.\n\n12.4               Recommendations and Offer of Funding\n\n12.4.1         In accordance with the ARC Act, the CEO will submit funding recommendations to the Minister for consideration. The Minister will determine which Proposals will be approved and the amount and timing of funding to be paid to Administering Organisations for approved Proposals.\n\n12.4.2         Under the ARC Act, the Minister must not approve for funding any Proposal that fails to meet the eligibility criteria set out in these Funding Rules.\n\n12.4.3         Administering Organisations whose Proposals are approved will be notified in a letter of offer that will indicate the funding to be offered and provided with a copy of a Funding Agreement for signing.\n\n12.4.4         The Minister may vary the funding approval if the ARC recommends that the particular circumstances of the Project warrant variation. Any variation or change will accord with the Future Fellowships Funding Rules and Funding Agreement.\n\n13.                 Appeals Process\n\n13.1.1         Appeals will be considered only against administrative process issues and not against the assessment outcome.\n\n13.1.2         Appeals must be submitted by the Administering Organisation on the ARC Appeals Form, authorised by a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Chief Executive Officer or equivalent. Appeals must be received within 28 days of the date of the notification to the Administering Organisation of the outcome of Proposals.\n\n13.1.3         Appeals must be addressed and sent to the address advised under Contacts at the beginning of these Funding Rules.\n\n14.                 Reporting Requirements\n\n14.1               Progress Reports\n\n14.1.1         Year 1: Report by Exception. A report must only be submitted if significant issues are affecting the progress of the Project. The report must specify the actions being taken to address the issues. Years 2 and 3: A Progress Report must be submitted with the instructions to be provided by the ARC each year.\n\n14.1.2         If the ARC is not satisfied with the progress of any Project, further payment of funds will not be made until satisfactory progress has been made on the Project. If satisfactory progress is still not achieved within a reasonable period of time, the funding may be terminated and all outstanding monies will be recovered by the ARC.\n\n14.1.3         When required, Progress Reports must be submitted by 31 January in the year following each full calendar year for which the funding was awarded as directed by the ARC.\n\n14.2               End of Year Reports\n\nThe Administering Organisation must submit an End of Year Report by 31 March in the year following each full calendar year for which the funding was awarded in accordance with the instructions to be provided by the ARC each year.\n\n14.3               Final Report\n\n14.3.1         A Final Report must be submitted for the Project within 12 months of the final payment or within 12 months of the final approved carryover of funds as directed by the ARC.\n\n14.3.2         The Final Report must justify why any publications from the Project have not been deposited in appropriate repositories within 12 months of publication. The Final Report must outline how data arising from the Project has been made publicly accessible where appropriate.\n\n14.3.3         If any reports are not submitted or are not satisfactory to the ARC this will be noted against future Proposals submitted by the Future Fellow.\n\n14.3.4         The ARC may also seek additional information about subsequent publications after submission of the Final Report.\n\n14.4               Audited Financial Statement\n\n14.4.1         In accordance with section 58 of the ARC Act, the Administering Organisation must submit an Audited Financial Statement by 30 June for each year following each calendar year for which the funding was awarded.\n\n14.4.2         In completing the Audited Financial Statement, the Administering Organisation must ensure that the amount shown in that statement as ‘approved carry forward funds’ is the same as the amount (if any) for which approval was given by the ARC to carry over in the End of Year Report.\n\n\n\n\n15.                 Fundamental Principles of Conducting Research\n\n15.1               Ethics and Research Practices\n\n15.1.1         All Proposals and ARC-funded research Projects must conform to the principles outlined in the following and their successor documents:\n\nNHMRC/ARC/UA Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2007);\n\nas applicable, the NHMRC/ARC/AVCC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2007); and\n\nas applicable, codes on animal research promulgated by the NHMRC.\n\n15.1.2         If there is any conflict between a successor document and its predecessor, then the successor document prevails to the extent of any inconsistency.\n\n15.2               Applicable Law\n\nThe ARC is required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act 1988 and the Freedom of Information Act 1982.\n\n15.3               Confidentiality\n\n15.3.1         The ARC gives no undertaking to keep confidential any information provided in the Proposal except where required by law. The ARC may restrict access to the Proposal from parties not directly related to the Proposal.\n\n15.3.2         The ARC will publicise and report offers or awards of funding, including information about the proposed research; the Future Fellow; the name of the Administering Organisation and any other parties involved in or associated with the Project; the title and summary descriptions of the Project and its intended outcomes (including the national/community benefits that are expected to arise from the research); and the level and nature of funding from the ARC. In making public information about a Proposal which has been approved for funding, the ARC may use a Project description, including title and summary, which may differ from that provided in the Proposal.\n\n15.4               Intellectual Property\n\n15.4.1         The ARC does not claim ownership of any intellectual property in a Proposal.\n\n15.4.2         The Administering Organisation must adhere to an Intellectual Property policy, approved by the Administering Organisation’s governing body, which has as one of its aims the maximisation of benefits arising from research. Unless otherwise approved by the Commonwealth, the Administering Organisation’s Intellectual Property policy must comply with the National Principles of Intellectual Property Management for Publicly Funded Research as amended from time to time.\n\n15.5               Incomplete or Misleading Information\n\n15.5.1         It is a serious offence to provide false or misleading information to the Commonwealth.\n\n15.5.2         If the ARC considers that a Proposal is incomplete, inaccurate or contains false or misleading information, the ARC may in its absolute discretion decide to recommend that the Proposal not be approved for funding.\n\n15.5.3         Examples of misleading information and misconduct include:\n\n1. providing fictitious research opportunity and performance evidence;\n2. plagiarism;\n3. making false claims in publications records (such as describing a paper as accepted for publication when it has only been submitted);\n4. making false claims in relation to qualifications and/or appointments;\n5. making false certifications in the RMS certification; or\n6. failing to disclose to the ARC the existence, and nature, of actual or potential Conflicts of Interest of any of the parties involved in the Proposal/Project (such as any affiliations or financial interest in any organisation that has a direct interest in the matter or outputs of the Project).\n\n\n\nAppendix A\n\nEligible Organisations\n\nA1.1             Higher Education Organisations\n\nNew South Wales\n\nCharles Sturt University\n\nMacquarie University\n\nSouthern Cross University\n\nThe University of New England\n\nThe University of New South Wales\n\nThe University of Newcastle\n\nThe University of Sydney\n\nUniversity of Technology, Sydney\n\nUniversity of Western Sydney\n\nUniversity of Wollongong\n\n \n\nVictoria\n\nDeakin University\n\nLa Trobe University\n\nMelbourne College of Divinity\n\nMonash University\n\n[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/rmiota1992444/s4.html#royal_melbourne_institute_of_technology) (RMIT University)\n\nSwinburne University of Technology\n\nThe University of Melbourne\n\nUniversity of Ballarat\n\nVictoria University\n\n \n\nQueensland\n\nBond University\n\nCentral Queensland University\n\nGriffith University\n\nJames Cook University\n\nQueensland University of Technology\n\nThe University of Queensland\n\nThe University of the Sunshine Coast\n\nUniversity of Southern Queensland\n\n \n\nWestern Australia\n\nCurtin University of Technology\n\nEdith Cowan University\n\nMurdoch University\n\nThe University of Notre Dame Australia\n\nThe University of Western Australia\n\n \n\nSouth Australia\n\nThe Flinders University of South Australia\n\nThe University of Adelaide\n\nUniversity of South Australia\n\n \n\nTasmania\n\nUniversity of Tasmania\n\n\nNorthern Territory\n\nCharles Darwin University\n\nBatchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education\n\n \n\nAustralian Capital Territory\n\nThe Australian National University\n\nUniversity of Canberra\n\n \n\nMulti-State\n\nAustralian Catholic University\n\n \n\n \n\nA1.2             Other Eligible Organisations\n\nAustralian Astronomical Observatory (AAO)\n\nAustralian Antarctic Division (AAD)\n\nAustralian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)\n\nAustralian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)\n\nAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)\n\nCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)\n\nDefence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)\n\nGeoscience Australia (GA)\n\nMuseums and herbaria which are Australian publicly funded organisations not directly funded to carry out research, but with research-related purposes and objectives.\n\nA1.3             Medical Research Institutes\n\nANZAC Research Institute\n\nBaker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute\n\nBionic Ear Institute\n\nBrain Research Institute Pty Ltd\n\nBrien Holden Vision Institute\n\nBurnet Institute\n\nThe Cancer Council Victoria\n\nCentenary Institute\n\nCentre for Eye Research Australia\n\nChildren’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research\n\nChildren’s Medical Research Institute\n\nGarvan Institute of Medical Research\n\nThe George Institute for International Health\n\nHeart Research Institute\n\nHoward Florey Institute\n\nInstitute for Breathing and Sleep\n\nKolling Institute of Medical Research\n\nLions Eye Institute\n\nLudwig Institute for Cancer Research\n\nLung Institute of Western Australia Inc\n\nMater Medical Research Institute Ltd\n\nMental Health Research Institute of Victoria\n\nMurdoch Children’s Research Institute\n\nNational Stroke Research Institute\n\nNeuroscience Research Australia\n\nPrince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research\n\nQueensland Cancer Council\n\nQueensland Institute of Medical Research\n\nRoyal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Research Foundation\n\nSchizophrenia Research Institute\n\nSt Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research\n\nTelethon Institute for Child Health Research\n\nVictor Chang Cardiac Research Institute\n\nThe Wesley Research Institute\n\nWestmead Millennium Institute\n\nWalter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research\n\nWomen’s and Children’s Health Research Institute\n\nWoolcock Institute of Medical Research\n\n---\n\n\n[[1]](#_ftnref1) OECD (2002), Frascati Manual: Proposed Standard Practice for Surveys on Research and Experimental Development, Paris.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2213},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original 2011 Future Fellowships Funding Rules as approved by Minister Kim Carr in February 2011. 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