E6Participant Eligibility Requirements

E6.                    Participant Eligibility Requirements

E6.1                Roles

E6.1.1            Roles that may be undertaken by participants are:

a.             CI;

b.             DAATSIA; and

c.             PI.

E6.1.2            A Proposal must nominate at least one CI or DAATSIA; the first-named CI or DAATSIA must be an Indigenous Australian researcher as defined in subsection E3 and will be the Project Leader.

E6.2                Chief Investigators

E6.2.1            As at the Funding Commencement Date, and for the Project Activity Period, a participant nominated on a Proposal as a CI must meet at least one of the following criteria:

a.             be an employee for at least 0.2 FTE (20 per cent of Full Time Equivalent) at an Eligible Organisation; or

b.             be a holder of an Emeritus Appointment (as defined in A3) at an Eligible Organisation.

E6.2.2            Participants undertaking a Higher Degree by Research during the Project Activity Period are not eligible to be CIs. Participants are eligible to be a CI if their Higher Degree by Research has been conferred by the Funding Commencement Date of the Project

E6.3                Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Awards

E6.3.1            A DAATSIA Candidate must:

a.             be an Indigenous Australian researcher as defined in subsection E3; and

b.             satisfy the eligibility criteria for a CI in subsection E6.2.

E6.3.2            A person can only request one DAATSIA in a scheme round.

E6.3.3            A DAATSIA Recipient may apply for further DAATSIAs but can only hold one at a time.

E6.3.4            A DAATSIA Candidate must demonstrate how the Project quality would be enhanced by a DAATSIA and detail the ways in which the additional research time would be utilised (for example, undertaking sustained Field Research, archival research of laboratory work).

E6.4                Partner Investigators

E6.4.1            As at the Funding Commencement Date, a participant nominated as a PI on a Proposal must not meet the eligibility criteria for CI.

E6.4.2            PIs on successful Projects will be required to retain their eligibility for the Project Activity Period in order to retain their PI status. Any changes to personnel and/or roles must be approved by the ARC via a Variation of Funding Agreement.

E6.4.3             An employee of an Eligible Organisation listed in A13 who does not reside predominantly in Australia may be a PI.