Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Discovery Projects - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2007
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7.1.1 These Funding Rules describe a number of situations where it is possible to submit eligibility or exemption requests and seek a ruling from the ARC. All such requests must be submitted on the ARC Eligibility Ruling Request Form via the Research Office of the intended Administering Organisation, and be received by the ARC by 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 20 January 2006.
7.1.2 The ARC may, in its absolute discretion, extend closing times for these eligibility ruling requests, but is under no obligation to accept any request lodged after this date.
7.1.3 Such requests must include the supporting information required in each of the situations where rulings can be sought, as described elsewhere in this document. The Research Office will be advised of the outcome of any such request as soon as possible to allow time for a detailed Proposal to be completed if appropriate. If a ruling is given, the ARC will provide an identifying number for the ruling which must be quoted on any associated Proposal which is submitted to the ARC.
7.1.4 Where the circumstances of a Proposal are such that an eligibility exemption or ruling is required but the above process has not been followed or the above deadlines are not met, the ARC may in its absolute discretion decide to not recommend the Proposal for approval.
7.1.5 The ARC Eligibility Ruling Request Form is available on the ARC web site (http://www.arc.gov.au).
7.2 Proposals
7.2.1 A Proposal should be submitted as a mature research plan ready for implementation. The Proposal must contain all the information necessary for its assessment without the need for further written or oral explanation, or reference to additional documentation, unless requested by the ARC or its College of Experts.
7.2.2 All details in the Proposal must be current at the time of submission.
7.2.3 In submitting a Proposal, the Administering Organisation and the CI, PI and ARC Fellows nominated in the Proposal are consenting to the Proposal’s being assessed under the ARC’s peer assessment procedures and agree to the release of the Proposal to third parties for assessment purposes.
7.3 Certification
7.3.1 The Administering Organisation must obtain signatures of all parties necessary to allow the proposed project to proceed. These signatures are to be retained by the Administering Organisation which must provide them if requested by the ARC. A form is available for this purpose on the ARC web site ().
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7.3.2 If a Proposal has not been submitted through the appropriate Research Office/Chief Executive Officer for certification, the Proposal will not be recommended or approved for funding.
7.4 Submission of Proposals
7.4.1 Proposals under Discovery Projects consist of two parts:
a. On-line form which must be completed and submitted in the ARC on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC web site at http://www.arc.gov.au; and
b. Additional text which must be submitted as part of the paper version of the Proposal:
Section B10, “Research record relative to opportunities” and, if an ARC Fellowship is requested, details of the Fellowship candidate’s proposed contribution to the project, the research environment of the Host Organisation and reasons for the Fellowship candidate’s not moving to another organisation if he/she intends to remain at her/his current organisation;
Sections C2 and C3, “Justification of funding requested from the ARC” and “Details of non-ARC contributions”;
Part E, “Description of proposed project”.
If applicable, supporting documentation:
- Letter(s) from Centre Director for any participants associated with a Commonwealth-funded Research Centre (which should be clipped to the back of the Proposal);
- Section D2, “Statements on progress of ARC-funded projects”.
7.4.2 Format
7.4.2.1 All documents must be written in English and must comply strictly with the format and submission requirements. If a Proposal fails to meet any format and content requirements, the ARC may in its absolute discretion decide to not recommend the Proposal for approval.
7.4.2.2 All pages of additional text should be in black type, use a single column and 12-point font size on white A4 paper, be printed on one side only and unbound, with at least 2 cm margins on each side. As Proposals are scanned electronically, a highly legible font type must be used, such as Arial, Courier, Palatino, Times New Roman and Helvetica. Variants such as mathematical typesetting languages may also be used. References may be reproduced in 10-point font size. Colour graphs or colour photographs may be included but they will be reproduced in black and white and the reproduction quality may be degraded. Finely detailed graphics and grey scale may also not be precisely reproduced.
7.4.2.3 The pages of the Proposal should be numbered consecutively starting from page one.
7.4.3 How to complete and submit a Proposal
7.4.3.1 Administering Organisations must use the form within the ARC’s on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC web site (http://www.arc.gov.au).
7.4.3.2 A separate document, Discovery Projects Instructions to Applicants for Funding Commencing in 2007, will be available from http://www.arc.gov.au to assist in preparing Proposals.
7.4.3.3 Administering Organisations may have internal closing dates for Proposal preparation which precede ARC closing times. Researchers should comply with the various requirements of their relevant Administering Organisations.
7.4.3.4 Research Offices have access to the ARC on-line grants application management system and will allocate User IDs and passwords to enable researchers at their organisations to access the system and prepare Proposals. If a researcher has previously been allocated access, her/his User ID and password should still be current. If researchers do not have a Research Office or equivalent unit, they should email gamsids@arc.gov.au at the ARC for assistance.
7.4.3.5 Research Offices should submit forms in the ARC’s on-line grants application management system and forward the Proposal and a copy which must, as far as possible, identically match the contents of the submitted on-line application form. Proposals should be sent:
By mail to:
or, by courier to:
1st Floor, 8 Brindabella Circuit
CANBERRA AIRPORT ACT 2609
7.4.4 Number of copies
7.4.4.1 In addition to the on-line form, a paper version of the Proposal must be submitted in duplicate (one original and one identical copy). The paper version must be clipped, not stapled. The paper version of the Proposal must be submitted with the additional text, including supporting documentation, interleaved appropriately (see Discovery Projects Instructions to Applicants for Funding Commencing in 2007).
7.4.5 Closing time for Proposals
7.4.5.1 The paper versions of the Proposal must be received by the ARC, and the on-line form completed using the ARC’s on-line grants application management system must be submitted, by 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 3 March 2006. Proposals may be withdrawn but additions, deletions and modifications will not be accepted after submission, unless invited by the ARC. Subject to this subsection, Proposals received after 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 3 March 2006 will not be accepted. The ARC may, in its absolute discretion, and only in exceptional circumstances, accept late Proposals.