C6Participant Eligibility Requirements

C6.                   Participant Eligibility Requirements

C6.1               Limits on Proposals

C6.1.1            In any year, a person may be nominated on only one Future Fellowships Proposal.

C6.1.2            The Future Fellowship Candidate may be nominated on a maximum of three Future Fellowships Proposals over the period in which they are eligible. This includes Proposals that have been withdrawn after the closing time of submission of Proposals and Proposals which were deemed ineligible by the ARC.

C6.2               Future Fellowship Candidate

C6.2.1            A Proposal must only nominate one Future Fellowship Candidate.

C6.2.2            A person is eligible for a Future Fellowship if the person has an Award of PhD Date on or between 1 March 2003 and 1 March 2013.

C6.2.3            If a person was awarded a PhD prior to 1 March 2003, the person may be eligible for a Future Fellowship if the date of award of PhD together with the allowable career interruptions would be commensurate with being awarded a PhD on or after 1 March 2003.

C6.2.4            The types of career interruption that will be considered are in the table below in Column A, and the period allowed is listed in Column B.

• Column A - Reason for career interruption Column B - Time which can be claimed
• Disruption due to international relocation A period of time commensurate with the interruption not exceeding three months per international relocation.
• Carer’s responsibilities A period of time commensurate with the interruption.
• Illness or disability
• Maternity or parental leave
• Unemployment
• Non-research employment not concurrent with research employment
• Being the primary carer of a dependent child (inclusive of carer’s responsibilities and any maternity or parental leave) Two years per dependent child, inclusive of any period of maternity or other parental leave, with no maximum identified.
• A primary carer of a dependent child who has had extensive caring responsibilities due to reasons such as illness or disability, may be granted a further extension (in addition to the two years) with justification.

C6.2.5            Each period of career interruption must be:

a.             significant and not overlapping;

b.             for a period of greater than one month; and

c.             certified by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).

C6.2.6            If the Future Fellowship Candidate holds a research higher degree, which is not a PhD, it is the Administering Organisation’s responsibility to certify that the Future Fellowship Candidate’s qualification meets the level 10 criteria of the . For assessing overseas qualifications please see the Online tool. A subscription fee is required to access this service.