2Changes from last year

2                          Changes from last year

2.1.1              A number of clarifications and revisions have been made in these Funding Rules for Proposals submitted in 2006. Significant changes from the Funding Rules for International Fellowships commencing in 2006 and Awards submitted in 2005 include:

1. A number of new sections have been included in these Funding Rules in order to present greater consistency across Funding Rules for the various ARC schemes. The new sections include a ‘Table of Contents’ and ‘Definitions’ (in the preamble) and ‘Restrictions on Budget items’ (Section 3.5).
2. Section 1 alerts Applicants and other parties involved in Proposals that a Proposal may be not recommended for approval if any person nominated as a CI, OI, PI or ARCIF Fellow on the Proposal has caused or significantly contributed to the failure of an organisation to meet its obligations under a current or previous funding agreement.
3. The objectives of the Linkage International scheme have been reworded to further clarify the intent of the scheme.
4. Subsection 3.5.2j stipulates that the ARC will not pay for costs not directly related to the research Proposal, such as those of a personal nature.
5. Subsection 5.2.4 specifies that, at the relevant deadline for submission of a Proposal, the first-named CI must be a CI or ARC Fellow on at least one ARC project being funded for 2006.  This requirement applies to all Award and Fellowship categories and is excluded, unless otherwise specified, for ICIs.
6. Generic information regarding the eligibility ruling process has been included at Section 7.1.  Requests must now be submitted on a form available on the ARC web site. A registration number will be supplied by the ARC and must be quoted in the application form.
7. The Funding Rules have been restructured to identify general information applying to all Proposals, (Sections 1-11 and Appendices 1-3), and specific requirements for the Award (Section 12), ARCIF (Section 13) and ICI (Section 14 and Appendix 4) categories.
8. Linkage International Awards will now have three funding rounds and closing times are specified.
9. Preference is no longer given to Linkage International Award Proposals involving researchers from countries with which the ARC has Memoranda of Understanding or traditional research partnerships.
10. Subsection 13.1.6.2 specifies that relocation costs may be requested for an ARCIF candidate and accompanying family members up to the maximum of the relevant amount(s) shown in Appendix 3, unless specifically excluded for a fellowship type.
11. The rate for notional on-costs for Linkage International Fellowships has increased from 26% to 28% (Appendix 3).
12. A new table in Appendix 4 lists those ICIs currently approved under Linkage International and a number of key details/criteria applying to those specific initiatives. The intention is that Appendix 4 will be updated from time to time as specific ICIs are approved under Linkage International.