Australian Research Council Funding Rules for schemes under the Linkage Programme (2015 edition)
C6.1Level and Period of Funding
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C6.1 Level and Period of Funding
C6.1.1 A Project may be applied for and awarded funding for four or five consecutive years, subject to sufficient funding being available for the Industrial Transformation Training Centres scheme, the provisions of the ARC Act, and continued satisfactory progress of the Project.
C6.1.2 Each Project should request funding from the ARC for at least ten ICHDRs and three ICPDs at the rates as indicated in subsection C7.1.a.
C6.1.3 Contributions from participating organisations may be used to top-up the salaries of the ICHDRs and ICPDs requested under C6.1.2.
C6.1.4 A Project may include additional HDR and postdoctoral roles fully funded by participating organisation contributions, however these roles are not considered to be ICHDRs and ICPDs, are not covered by the employment conditions in the Funding Agreement and are therefore not eligible to access the entitlements set out in the Funding Agreement.
C6.1.5 The minimum level of funding provided by the ARC under Industrial Transformation Training Centres is $650,000 per year for the first three years and $150,000 in the fourth year. There is no minimum level of funding provided by the ARC in the fifth year. The maximum level of funding is $1 million per year per Project, for each year of the Project.
C6.1.6 ICHDR stipends must be requested in the Proposal budget for a duration of two or three years, as appropriate for the HDR that the ICHDR is undertaking.
C6.1.7 It is anticipated that many or all of the ICHDR students may require a six month extension of their funding in order to complete research and submit their thesis. The six month ICHDR extension will be subject to prior ARC approval in the relevant year of the Project. Funding to support an ICHDR extension must be requested for each ICHDR candidate on the Proposal, and must be included in the relevant year of the Proposal budget.
C6.1.8 Funding for approved Projects will commence effective as specified at C1.2, unless other arrangements are approved by the Minister. Any funding awarded will be subject to sufficient funds being available for the Project, the provisions of the ARC Act and continued satisfactory progress of the Project.