A6Participant General Eligibility Requirements

A6.                   Participant General Eligibility Requirements

A6.1               Eligibility Criteria

A6.1.1            Under the Discovery Program, named participants may include:

a.             Chief Investigators (CIs);

b.            Partner Investigators (PIs);

c.            Australian Laureate Fellowship Candidates;

d.            Future Fellowship Candidates;

e.            Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Candidates; and

f.              Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award (DAATSIA) Candidates.

A6.1.2            For details of eligible participants specific to each scheme, refer to Parts B to F of these Funding Rules.

A6.1.3            To be eligible to apply, all CIs, PIs and Candidates named in a Proposal must:

a.             satisfy the eligibility criteria for the role they are to perform as at the scheme-specific Funding Commencement Date and for the Project Activity Period;

b.            take responsibility for the authorship and intellectual content of the Proposal, appropriately citing sources and acknowledging significant contributions where relevant;

c.            make a serious commitment to carrying out the Project and cannot assume the role of a supplier of resources for work that will largely be undertaken by others; and

d.            have met all obligations, including submitting satisfactory Progress and Final Reports, for previously funded Projects.

A6.1.4            Except as otherwise provided in subsection A6.2.5(i), a Proposal may only be submitted for funding under a scheme that the participant(s) would be eligible to hold under these rules as at the scheme-specific Active Project Assessment Date.

A6.1.5            A Project cannot commence until all CIs, PIs, Awardees and Fellows meet the eligibility criteria in these Funding Rules.

A6.1.6            Australian Laureate Fellows, Future Fellows and DECRAs who are not Australian citizens must obtain a legal right to work and reside in Australia for the Project Activity Period.

A6.1.7            For additional scheme-specific eligibility requirements refer to Parts B to F of these Funding Rules.

A6.2               Limits on Projects and Proposals

A6.2.1            These limits do not apply to Partner Investigators or to unnamed participants on Projects such as Higher Degree by Research students and research assistants.

A6.2.2            Except as provided in subsection A6.2.3, within the Discovery Program (as defined in A3) a participant can be funded for a maximum of: