D2Grant amount and grant period

D2.             Grant amount and grant period

D2.1               We provide project funding and DAATSIA salary funding for the Discovery Indigenous grant opportunity as detailed in Table 10. You may not request funding for a DAATSIA without project funding.

D2.2               Table 10: Discovery Indigenous funding and grant duration.

| Project funding | Between $30,000 and $500,000 per year | | Project funding duration | Up to five consecutive years | | DAATSIA salary | Requested and/or awarded at one of five salary levels as specified in Table 11. The DAATSIA salary is counted towards the $500,000 maximum level of funding per year | | DAATSIA salary duration | Up to five consecutive years on a full-time basis. A DAATSIA may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding eight consecutive years |

D2.3               DAATSIA salary funding may be requested at one of five salary levels, as per Table 11, including salary-related on-costs. The salary level must be either equivalent to or higher than the salary level of the CI as at the grant opportunity closing date.

D2.4               Table 11: Salary levels for DAATSIAs.

| DAATSIA salary levels | Total | | DAATSIA Level 1 (1.0 FTE) | $104,316 including 30 per cent on-costs | | DAATSIA Level 2 (1.0 FTE) | $122,726 including 30 per cent on-costs | | DAATSIA Level 3 (1.0 FTE) | $159,543 including 30 per cent on-costs | | DAATSIA Level 4 (1.0 FTE) | $184,090 including 30 per cent on-costs | | DAATSIA Level 5 (1.0 FTE) | $220,907 including 30 per cent on-costs |

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.