E8Funding

E8.                    Funding

E8.1                Level and Period of Funding

E8.1.1            The ARC provides Project funding and salary funding for DAATSIAs as follows:

| DAATSIA salary funding level | Requested and/or awarded at one of five salary levels as specified in subsection E8.1.2. | | DAATSIA salary funding duration | Up to five consecutive years on a full-time basis.<br>Subject to conditions in subsection E7.2.2, a DAATSIA may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding eight consecutive years. | | Project funding level | Between $30,000 and $500,000 per annum. | | Project funding duration | Up to five consecutive years. |

E8.1.2            DAATSIA funding may be requested at one of five salary levels (2017$) including salary-related on-costs. The salary level must be either equivalent to or higher than the salary level of the CI as at the closing date for submission for Proposals.

| DAATSIA Funding Levels | Total | | DAATSIA Level 1 (1.0 FTE) | $100,858 including 30 per cent on-costs. | | DAATSIA Level 2 (1.0 FTE) | $118,658 including 30 per cent on-costs. | | DAATSIA Level 3 (1.0 FTE) | $154,254 including 30 per cent on-costs. | | DAATSIA Level 4 (1.0 FTE) | $177,988 including 30 per cent on-costs. | | DAATSIA Level 5 (1.0 FTE) | $213,584 including 30 per cent on-costs. |

E8.1.3            A Proposal cannot request funding for a DAATSIA only. If a Proposal requests a DAATSIA, the minimum level of funding of $30,000 per year in project costs must be requested in addition to the DAATSIA salary component detailed in subsection E8.1.2. The $500,000 maximum level of funding per year includes the DAATSIA.

E8.1.4            DAATSIA funding may be used for other purposes to support the Project in changed circumstances with the approval of the ARC, without extension to the Project Activity Period. The use of DAATSIA funding for other purposes does not confer an exemption from the limits in subsection A6.2.

E8.2                Budget Items Supported

E8.2.1            Budget items supported are listed in subsection A7.2, subject to the following limitations:

a.             teaching relief for CIs may be supported up to a total of $50,000 per year per Project. A CI awarded a DAATSIA will not be awarded teaching relief;

b.             Travel Costs essential to the Project up to $50,000 over the Project Activity Period. Travel and accommodation costs related to carrying out Field Research or any carers’ costs are not included in this $50,000 limit; and

c.             Higher Degree by Research stipends may be supported at a rate of $26,694 (2017$) per annum (up to two per Proposal) for Indigenous Australian students enrolled at an Eligible Organisation.

E8.2.2            In addition, stipends may be requested to support Indigenous Australian Honours students, subject to the policies of the Administering Organisation.