A7Budget Items Supported

A7. Budget Items Supported

A7.1.1 Under the Industrial Transformation Training Centres, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs and Linkage Projects schemes, budget items that directly support a research project may be funded, including:

1.        access to national and international research and infrastructure facilities including specialist archives, collections and databases;

2.       access to Technical Workshop Services linked to and justified explicitly against the Project (for example, machine tools and qualified technicians);

3.        expenditure on Field Research essential to the Project, including technical and logistical support, and travel and accommodation costs, for CIs, PIs, Higher Degree by Research candidates, postdoctoral fellows and research support personnel;

4.       expert services of a third party if the services are deemed to be directly related to and necessary for the proposed Project. Such services include, but are not limited to:

5.           language translation services, transcribing services;

6.         purchase of bibliographical or archival material (electronic or hard copy); and

7.       data collection and analysis services;

8.        equipment (and its maintenance) and consumables required for the Project. Funding will not be provided for equipment or consumables that are deemed to be for broad general use;

9.         publication and dissemination of Project outputs and outreach activity costs;

10.       specialised computer equipment and software essential to the Project;

11.       travel costs essential to the Project, including economy travel costs for domestic and/or international travel and accommodation, not exceeding an average of $20,000 per year of the project. Funding is permitted for CIs, PIs, Higher Degree by Research candidates, postdoctoral fellows and research support personnel. Travel costs related to carrying out Field Research are supported separately under A7.1.1.c and are not counted towards the average of $20,000 per year limit detailed in this subsection A7.1.1.h;

12.         web hosting and web development specific to the Project; and

13.         workshops, focus groups and conferences that are necessary for the conduct of the proposed research (including reasonable hospitality costs such as morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea).

A7.1.2 All budget items must be justified in the Proposal to the satisfaction of the ARC and the assessors involved in the peer review process.