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These Funding Rules set out how the Australian Research Council (ARC) will run the Linkage Projects scheme for grants starting in 2009: who may apply, how proposals must be prepared and submitted, how projects are assessed and approved, and how funding is paid and managed. They make the Commonwealth (via the ARC) the funder, require Administering Organisations to secure Partner Organisation cash/in‑kind contributions, and impose eligibility, budget and reporting rules that change institutional and researcher incentives (see ss 6.2, 7, A2).
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Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009
made under the
Australian Research Council Act 2001
This compilation was prepared on 18 April 2008
taking into account amendments up to Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009 Variation (No. 1)
Prepared by the Australian Research Council, Canberra ACT
Table of Contents
Key Dates
Contacts
1. Name of Funding Rules
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Introduction
4.1. Overview
4.2. NCGP Objectives
4.3. Linkage Projects
4.4. Fundamental principles and requirements
4.4.1. Ethics and Research Practices
4.4.2. Non-duplication
4.4.3. Conflict of Interest
4.4.4. Acknowledging ARC support
4.4.5. Dissemination of research outputs
5. Changes from last year
6. Funding
6.1. Rounds
6.2. Level of funding
6.3. Period of funding
6.4. Types of research supported
6.5. Restrictions on budget items
6.6. Areas of investigation/work not supported
6.7. Linkage Industry Fellowships (LIFs)
6.8. Number of Proposals and funded projects
6.8.1. General Requirements
6.8.2. Duplication
7. Organisational types, roles and eligibility
7.1. Eligible Organisations
7.2. Partner Organisations
8. Roles and eligibility for researchers
8.1. Researcher roles and general eligibility
8.2. Early Career Researchers
8.3. Eligibility criteria for Chief Investigators
8.4. Eligibility criteria for Partner Investigators
8.5. Eligibility criteria for APDI Fellows
8.5.1. General Eligibility
8.5.2. Fellowships at a Commonwealth-funded Research Centre
9. Cross-scheme issues
9.1. Cross-scheme funding
9.2. Cross-scheme eligibility
9.3. Researchers from Commonwealth-funded Research Centres
9.3.1. Duplication with Commonwealth-funded Research Centres
9.3.2. Association with Commonwealth-funded Research Centres..............30
9.4. Funding of Medical and Dental Research
10. Application process
10.1. Eligibility Exemption and Eligibility Ruling Process
10.2. Proposals
10.3. Certification
10.4. Submission of Proposals
10.4.2. Format
10.4.3. How to complete and submit a Proposal
10.4.4. Number of copies
10.4.5. Closing times for Proposals
11. Selection and approval process
11.1. Selection criteria
11.1.2. APDI(s)
11.1.3. Projects that are of benefit to a rural or regional community
11.1.4. APAI in the fields of information technology and communications
11.2. Assessment and selection procedure
11.2.1. Assessment and selection process
11.2.2. Exclusion of Proposals
11.2.3. Assessment
11.2.4. Rejoinder
11.2.5. Recommendations
11.3. Offer of funding
12. Appeals process
13. Administration of funding
13.1. Funding Agreement
13.2. Varying the Funding Agreement
13.3. Varying the Funding Approval
13.4. Reports
14. Other matters
14.1. Applicable law
14.2. Confidentiality
14.3. Project descriptions
14.4. Intellectual property
14.5. Incomplete or misleading information
14.6. Insurance and liabilities
Appendix 1. Eligible Organisations
Appendix 2. Partner Organisations
Appendix 3. APAI information
Appendix 4. APDI information
Appendix 5. Guidelines for the evaluation of the adequacy of Partner Organisation in-kind contributions
Appendix 6. National Research Priorities and associated Priority Goals
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 |
| 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 Networks |
| SPIRT | Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training |
| SRC | ARC Special Research Centre |
| SRI | ARC Special Research Initiatives |
| SRF | ARC Senior Research Fellowship |
| UA | Universities Australia |
| URL | Universal Resource Locator |
Key Dates
Closing time for eligibility ruling and exemption requests, Round 1 (Section 10.1) 5.00 pm (AEDT) Friday 28 March 2008
Closing time for submission of Proposals in Round 1 (subsection 10.4.5) 5.00 pm (AEST) Friday 23 May 2008
Closing time for eligibility ruling and exemption requests, Round 2 (Section 10.1) 5.00 pm (AEDT) Friday 10 October 2008
Closing time for submission of Proposals in Round 2 (subsection 10.4.5) 5.00 pm (AEDT) Friday 21 November 2008
Contacts
The ARC deals with thousands of Proposals each year. Researchers should, therefore, direct requests for information to the Research Office within their organisation.
Where this is not possible, enquiries about the ARC LP scheme may be addressed as follows:
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Name of Funding Rules
These Funding Rules are the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2009.
Commencement
The Funding Rules shall take effect upon registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Interpretation
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 LP 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 LP 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 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. ARC Fellowships 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) (under the ARC DP Scheme). The term also includes Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (Industry) (APDI), Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (CSIRO) (under the former APD CSIRO scheme) and ARC Centre Fellowship (awarded under the ARC 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.
ARC’s Web Site is http://www.arc.gov.au.
Australian Partner Organisation means a Partner Organisation, or part of such an organisation, that is incorporated under Australian law and is operating in Australia.
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 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.
Consultancy means the provision of specialist advice, analysis, assistance, services or products to another organisation(s), generally where the
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