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These Funding Rules set how the Commonwealth, through the Australian Research Council (ARC), allocates Discovery Projects grants and fellowships for research commencing in 2008 — who may apply, what kinds of research and costs are eligible, funding caps and reporting, and intellectual‑property/confidentiality rules. The ARC assesses and ranks Proposals and recommends offers; the Minister approves funding. Applicants face detailed eligibility tests, limits on how many projects a researcher may hold, cross‑scheme and duplication checks, and formal certification and reporting obligations that create compliance costs and influence researchers’ project and employment choices.
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Discovery Projects
Funding Rules for funding commencing in
2008
Australian Research Council
Discovery Projects
Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2008
Table of Contents
Definitions for Discovery Projects Funding Rules
Acronyms
The following acronyms are used in ARC Funding Rules.
| AEST | Australian Eastern Standard Time |
|---|---|
| AEDT | Australian Eastern Daylight Saving (Summer) Time |
| AIF | Australia-Israel Fellowship |
| AIMS | Australian Institute of Marine Science |
| ANSTO | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| APA | Australian Postgraduate Award |
| APAI | Australian Postgraduate Award (Industry) |
| APD | Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| APDC | Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (CSIRO) |
| APDI | Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (Industry) |
| APF | Australian Professorial Fellowship |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| ARCIF | Australian Research Council International Fellowship |
| ARF | Australian Research Fellowship |
| AVCC | Australian Vice-Chancellors’ Committee |
| CE | ARC Centres of Excellence and ARC Centres |
| CoE | ARC College of Experts |
| CI | Chief Investigator |
| CRC | Cooperative Research Centre |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DP | ARC Discovery Projects |
| DSTO | Defence Science and Technology Organisation |
| ECR | Early Career Researcher |
| FF | ARC Federation Fellowships |
| GA | Geoscience Australia |
| GAMS | Grant Application Management System |
| GST | Goods and Services Tax |
| HECS | Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
| ICI | Internationally Coordinated Initiative |
| IRF | Indigenous Researcher Fellowship |
| LASP | ARC Learned Academies Special Projects |
| LCI | LASP Chief Investigator |
| LIEF | ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
| LIF | ARC Linkage Industry Fellowship |
| LP | ARC Linkage Projects |
| LX | ARC Linkage International |
| NCGP | National Competitive Grants Program |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NP | Network Participant |
| OI | Overseas Investigator |
| PI | Partner Investigator |
| QEII | Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship |
| RN | ARC Research Network |
| SPIRT | Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training |
| SRC | ARC Special Research Centre |
| SRI | ARC Special Research Initiatives |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
Key Dates
Closing time for submission of Proposals (subsection 7.4.5) – 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 2 March 2007
Closing time for eligibility rulings requests (Section 7.1.1) – 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 19 January 2007
Closing time for letters requesting non-use of a potential assessor (subsection 8.2.3.3) – 5:00 pm (AEDT) Friday 2 March 2007
Dates for the award of a PhD (or having achieved equivalent status) to be eligible for Discovery Projects Fellowships and/or Early Career Researcher (ECR) status:
Contacts
The ARC deals with thousands of Proposals each year. Where possible, researchers should direct requests for information to the Research Office within their organisation.
Enquiries about the ARC Discovery Projects scheme may be addressed as follows:
Definitions for Discovery Projects Funding Rules
Adjunct Appointment or equivalent means that an Eligible Organisation has a formal agreement in writing with a researcher which is publicly acknowledged and which establishes an ongoing association with the Eligible Organisation, of the nature of a conjoint, emeritus or honorary academic or visiting fellow. It would be expected that the person’s association would be listed in an official organisational publication and/or web site.
Administering Organisation means an Eligible Organisation which submits a Proposal for funding under Discovery Projects and which will receive and be responsible for the administration of the funding if the proposed project is approved for funding.
Applicant means the Administering Organisation. Funding under Discovery Projects is provided to Administering Organisations, not to individual researchers.
ARC means the Australian Research Council, as established under the ARC Act.
ARC Act means the Australian Research Council Act 2001.
ARC Centre means a research centre wholly or partly funded by the ARC and includes ARC Centres of Excellence, ARC Centres and ARC Special Research Centres.
ARC Fellowship means, subject to this paragraph, a position held by a researcher where the salary is funded wholly or partly by the ARC and where the researcher has been nominated in a Proposal to hold a Fellowship. An ARC Fellowship may be awarded at a number of levels and in various ARC schemes. ARC Fellowship includes Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD), Australian Research Fellowship (ARF), Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (QEII) and Australian Professorial Fellowship (APF)). The term also includes Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (Industry) (APDI) (under the ARC Linkage Projects scheme) and Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (CSIRO) (APDC) (under the former APD CSIRO scheme). For the purposes of these Funding Rules, it does not include an Australian Research Council International Fellowship (ARCIF), ARC Federation Fellowship, Indigenous Researcher Fellowship (IRF) or ARC Research Cadetship-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander award.
ARC’s Web Site is http://www.arc.gov.au.
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (under the ARC Discovery Projects scheme).
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (Industry) means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (Industry) (under the ARC Linkage Projects scheme).
Australian Professorial Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an Australian Professorial Fellowship (under the ARC Discovery Projects scheme).
Australian Research Council International Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an Australian Research Council International Fellowship (under the ARC Linkage International scheme).
Australian Research Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an Australian Research Fellowship (under the ARC Discovery Projects scheme).
Centre Director means the person appointed to direct the programs of a Commonwealth-funded Research Centre.
Chief Investigator means a researcher who satisfies the eligibility criteria for a Chief Investigator as specified in Section 5.3.
Collaborating Organisation means an Eligible Organisation which is not the Administering Organisation but which is identified in the Proposal as a contributor to the project.
Commonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia.
Commonwealth-funded Research Centre means a research centre substantially funded from Commonwealth competitive research funding sources and includes ARC Centres, CRCs and NHMRC Program Grants. It does not include Research Networks funded by the ARC.
Early Career Researcher (ECR) (for the purposes of these Funding Rules) means a researcher nominated in a Proposal who satisfies the requirements for an early career researcher as specified in Section 5.2.
Earnings means the amount paid as remuneration for work a person undertakes or services they perform. It includes amounts paid under employment and/or consultancy arrangements.
ECR–Only Proposal means a Proposal in which all the nominated CIs, PIs and Fellowship candidates satisfy the criteria for an early career researcher as specified in subsection 5.2.2.
Eligible Organisation means an organisation which is eligible to apply for and receive funding under the Discovery Projects Funding Rules as specified in Section 4.1.
Federation Fellow means a researcher whose salary is funded under the ARC Federation Fellowships scheme.
Funding Agreement means the agreement entered into between the ARC and the Administering Organisation if the Administering Organisation’s Proposal is approved for funding. This agreement sets out the terms and conditions under which the Commonwealth is to provide funding and the Administering Organisation is to be responsible for administration of the funding and the conduct of the project.
Funding Rules means this document.
GST has the meaning as given in section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
Host Organisation means an organisation at which a Fellow undertakes her/his research while holding an ARC Fellowship.
Indigenous Researcher Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an ARC Indigenous Research Fellowship.
Medical and Dental Research means research and/or training which, in the opinion of the ARC, has a significant focus on clinical medical (including dental) outcomes.
National Research Priority means a national research priority referred to in subsection 1.2.3 and further detailed in Appendix 1.
Partner Investigator (PI) means a researcher nominated in a Proposal who satisfies the eligibility criteria for a Partner Investigator as specified in Section 5.4.
Proposal means a request to the ARC for the provision of financial assistance for a research project.
Queen Elizabeth II Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (under the ARC Discovery Projects scheme).
Research Office means a business unit within an organisation that is responsible for administrative contact with the ARC regarding Proposals and research projects.
Special Condition means a special condition specified in a Funding Agreement which governs the use of the funding provided by the ARC.
Australian Research Council
Discovery Projects
Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2008
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