Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Discovery Projects - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009
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3.1.1 In these Funding Rules, unless the contrary intention appears:
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. The ARC may seek documentary evidence of such an association if it considers it necessary.
Administering Organisation means an Eligible Organisation which submits a Proposal for funding under DP 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 DP 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, ARC Special Research Centres and co-funded Centres of Excellence such as the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG), the Australian Stem Cell Centre (ASCC) and National ICT Australia (NICTA).
ARC Centre Fellowship means an ARC Centre Fellowship awarded under the ARC’s Centres of Excellence Scheme.
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), Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (CSIRO) (under the former APD CSIRO scheme) and ARC Centre Fellowship (awarded under the ARC’s Centres of Excellence 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.
Section 3 - Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Discovery Projects - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009 - Interpretation | Zoe
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an APD (under the DP scheme).
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (Industry) means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an APDI (under the LP scheme).
Australian Professorial Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an APF (under the DP 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 LX scheme).
Australian Research Fellow means a researcher whose salary is wholly or partly funded under an ARF (under the DP 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.
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 and Centres of Clinical Research Excellence. 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 8.2.
Earnings means the amount paid directly or indirectly as remuneration for work a person undertakes or services he/she performs. It includes amounts paid under employment and/or consultancy arrangements.
ECR–Only Proposal means a Proposal in which each nominated CI, PI and Fellowship candidate satisfies the criteria for early career researchers as specified in Section 8.2.
Eligible Organisation means an organisation which is eligible to apply for and receive funding under the DP Funding Rules as specified in Section 7.1.
Federation Fellow means a researcher whose salary is funded under the FF 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 IRF.
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.
Minister means the Minister from time to time responsible for the administration of the ARC Act (currently the Minister for Education, Science and Training), or the Minister’s delegate.
National Research Priority means a national research priority detailed in Appendix 1.
Partner Investigator means a researcher who satisfies the eligibility criteria for a Partner Investigator.
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 a QEII (under the DP 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.