Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Federation Fellowships - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2007
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7.1.1 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.
7.1.2 All details in the Proposal must be current at the time of submission.
7.1.3 All parties involved in a Proposal are required to consent to the Proposal’s being assessed under the ARC peer assessment procedures and to the release of the Proposal to third parties for assessment purposes.
7.2 Certification
7.2.1 Proposals must be certified by the appropriate Research Office/Chief Executive Officer. If a Proposal does not contain the relevant certification it will not be recommended or approved for funding.
7.3 Submission of proposals
7.3.1 Proposals under Federation Fellowships consist of two parts:
a. An on-line form which must be completed and submitted in the ARC on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC’s Web Site; and
b. Additional text which must be submitted as part of the paper version of the Proposal:
if applicable, “Statement of special expertise and skills by non-citizens of Australia”;
if applicable, justification of Start-up Project Funding;
descriptions of research record;
reports on other ARC-funded projects;
project description; and
Administering Organisation letter of support.
c. In addition to the additional text outlined above, Administering Organisations may submit a maximum of two referee reports for a Federation Fellowship candidate from self-nominated referees as part of the paper version of the Proposal. The Federation Fellowships Instructions to Applicants for Funding commencing in 2007 document provides guidance on the submission of referee reports.
7.3.2 Format
7.3.2.1 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.
7.3.2.2 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 not be optimal. Finely detailed graphics and greyscale may also not be precisely reproduced.
7.3.2.3 The pages of the Proposal should be numbered consecutively starting from page one.
7.3.3 How to complete and submit a Proposal
7.3.3.1 Administering Organisations must use the form within the ARC’s on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC’s Web Site.
7.3.3.2 A separate document Federation Fellowships Instructions to Applicants for Funding Commencing in 2007 will be available from the ARC’s Web Site to assist in preparing Proposals.
7.3.3.3 Administering Organisations may have internal closing dates for Proposal preparation which precede ARC closing dates.
7.3.3.4 Research Offices have access to the ARC on-line grants application management system and will allocate UserIDs 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 UserID and password should still be current.
7.3.3.5 If researchers do not have a Research Office or equivalent unit, they should email gamsids@arc.gov.au at the ARC for assistance.
7.3.3.6 Research Offices, or equivalent units, should submit forms in the ARC’s on-line grants application management system and forward the Proposal and a paper version 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:
Federation Fellowships Coordinator<br>Australian Research Council<br>GPO Box 2702<br>CANBERRA ACT 2601
7.3.4.1 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 Federation Fellowships Instructions to Applicants for Funding Commencing in 2007).
7.3.5 Closing time for Proposals
7.3.5.1 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 to the ARC, by 5.00 pm (AEST) Friday 13 October 2006.
7.3.5.2 The ARC may, in its absolute discretion, and only in exceptional circumstances, accept late Proposals.
7.3.5.3 Proposals may be withdrawn but may not be changed after submission. Additions, deletions and modifications will not be accepted after submission, unless invited by and at the sole discretion of the ARC.