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Linkage–International supports Fellowships and Awards—

Linkage–International Fellowships

Linkage–International Fellowships meet obligations under reciprocal agreements with France, Germany, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the United Kingdom for early career postdoctoral and senior researchers. A Fellowship is a grant for up to one year for the selected Fellow to work in Australia. It includes support for salary and salary on-costs, travel to a major conference in Australia, and return international travel and consumables. Refer to Appendixes 4,

5, 6 and 7 for details. The Australian-based Chief Investigator submits the application for a collaborative project with the proposed Fellow.

Linkage–International Awards

Linkage–International Awards provide funds to Australian-based researchers towards the direct costs of the collaboration (travel, subsistence and consumables) for a period of up to three years.

Applications for support under Linkage–International Awards may be for collaboration with any appropriate researchers in any country or countries. Preference may be given to applications involving countries with which the ARC has a Memorandum of Understanding (see Appendix 8), and countries with which the ARC has traditional research links (the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and India).

Specifically, the ARC will consider providing the following support—

• for researchers travelling from Australia, international return economy class airfare(s) and, in some cases, a contribution to living expenses at reasonable local rates
• for researchers coming to Australia, a contribution to living expenses (up to $600 per week), internal travel and, in exceptional circumstances (that is, where the international collaborator is from an economically disadvantaged country), a contribution to the international economy class airfare
• in both cases, a limited contribution to consumables directly related to the collaborative work, up to a maximum of $5000 a year.

Usually, the ARC will fund international travel costs for Australian-based researchers and subsistence in Australia for visiting researchers from overseas. In cases where the source of matching funds for the international collaborator(s) provides international travel and subsistence for them, the ARC will consider supporting Australian researchers on the same basis. Visits by senior researchers (Chief Investigators) may be for short periods but visits by junior researchers should be for more substantial uninterrupted periods, typically three months or more.

The ARC expects that Australian Government funding will be augmented by cash and in-kind contributions from the international collaborating partners to meet the direct costs of their participation, in a reciprocal manner. Contributions from the international source in the form of primary project costs and salary may not be included as matching contributions. It is against the spirit of Linkage–International for this funding to be obtained from any Australian source. Funds from the ARC may not be used for this purpose. Linkage–International Fellowships may not be used to provide salary and travel support as the international matching component of an Award.

The application must be submitted by the Australian-based Chief Investigator through an eligible Australian institution, listed at Appendix 1.