A9.2Partner Organisations

A9.2 Partner Organisations

A9.2.1 To be eligible as a Partner Organisation, an organisation cannot be:

1.     an Eligible Organisation;
2.     a controlled entity of any Eligible Organisation; or
3.     an entity (for example a joint venture) where more than 50 per cent is owned by one or more Eligible Organisations.

A9.2.2 For each Partner Organisation, three conditions must be met. There must be:

1.     evidence of new or on-going collaboration between the Partner Organisation either directly with the Administering Organisation, and /or with an Other Eligible Organisation on the Proposal;
2.     no duplication of Commonwealth funding for the research and/or activities funded for the Project; and
3.     a contribution of cash and/or in-kind or other material resources from each Partner Organisation, having regard to the total cost of the Project and specific scheme requirements.

A9.2.3 A Proposal should include details of the collaborative arrangements proposed, including how each Partner Organisation is involved in the Project, and a Proposal submitted under the Industrial Transformation Training Centres, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs and Linkage Projects schemes should also detail how the Project fits into each Partner Organisation’s overall strategic plan and how the Project is of value to each of the Partner Organisation(s) involved.

A9.2.4  A Proposal submitted in RMS under the Industrial Transformation Training Centres, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs and Linkage Projects schemes must include a letter of support from each Partner Organisation. Each Partner Organisation’s letter of support must:

1.     include the official letterhead;
2.     be no more than two A4 pages;
3.     include a brief profile of the organisation (for Industrial Transformation Research Hubs, this must include the number of employees within the organisation);
4.     provide details of the Cash and/or In-kind Contributions;
5.     demonstrate the source of its Cash Contribution (if a Cash Contribution is being made);
6.      certify that no part of its Cash Contribution is drawn from funds previously appropriated or awarded from Commonwealth or Australian State or Territory sources for the purposes of research;
7.     state its expectations about industry outcomes/products and market value (including, where appropriate, for the Linkage Projects scheme);
8.     provide details regarding how the Project aligns with the Partner Organisation’s objectives;
9.      certify that it will meet the requirements outlined in a standard Funding Agreement, including the requirement to enter into arrangements regarding intellectual property which do not unreasonably delay academic outputs; and