Australian Research Council Funding Rules for schemes under the Linkage Programme (2015 edition)
E10.1Participant Roles and General Eligibility
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E10.1 Participant Roles and General Eligibility
E10.1.1 Roles that may be undertaken by researchers are:
- Chief Investigator (CI); or
- Partner Investigator (PI).
E10.1.2 A Proposal must nominate at least one CI; the first-named CI must be from the Administering Organisation, will be the Project Leader and must have a demonstrated high capacity to manage the Project.
E10.1.3 A Proposal may nominate no more than a total of fifteen CIs and PIs. No more than five CIs from each Eligible Organisation or five PIs from each Partner Organisation may be nominated on a Proposal. Other users may be listed in the project description section of the Proposal.
E10.1.4 Every CI and PI (and/or their research group) must be a significant and regular user of the research infrastructure, for a minimum of 10% of the available time of the research infrastructure. Where there are more than ten named participants on a Proposal, the minimum usage is the pro rated percentage of the available time. Where the research infrastructure comprises a database or a data acquisition facility, a case should be made for significant usage by each CI or PI.