C2Grant amount and grant period

C2.             Grant amount and grant period

C2.1                Up to 200 DECRAs may be awarded funding in a grant opportunity.

C2.2                We provide a salary and project funding for the DECRA grant opportunity as detailed in Table 8. Salary and/or project funding will not be awarded separately.

C2.3                Table 8: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award funding and grant duration.

| Salary funding level | $104,316 (including 30 per cent on-costs). | | Salary funding duration | Three consecutive years on a full-time basis.  A DECRA project may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding six consecutive years. | | Project funding level | Up to $50,000 per year. | | Project funding duration | Three consecutive years. |

The salary figures in this section are based on the 2019 price levels of funding and will be subject to variation (for example, due to annual indexation). Updated levels will be available on the ARC website.