D3Grant eligibility criteria

D3.             Grant eligibility criteria

D3.1               Organisation roles available under the Discovery Indigenous grant opportunity are:

1. Administering Organisation;

b.              Other Eligible Organisation; and

c.              Other Organisation.

D3.2               The named participant roles available under the Discovery Indigenous grant opportunity are:

1. CI;

b.              DAATSIA candidate; and

c.              PI.

D3.3               To be eligible, Your Discovery Indigenous application must:

1. nominate at least one CI or DAATSIA candidate. The first-named CI or the DAATSIA candidate must be an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researcher. The first named person on the application will be the Project Leader; and

b.              request a minimum level of funding of $30,000 per year in project costs in Your application. This must be requested in addition to the DAATSIA salary (if requested), which is detailed in Tables 10 and 11. The $500,000 maximum level of funding per year includes the DAATSIA salary.

D3.4               You may include one or more CI and/or PI in Your application.

D3.5               An individual must not be nominated for more than one DAATSIA in any grant opportunity.

Chief Investigators

D3.6               CIs must meet at least one of the following criteria as at the grant commencement date, and for the project activity period:

1. be an employee for at least 20 per cent of full time equivalent at an Eligible Organisation; or

b.              be a holder of an honorary academic appointment (as defined in the Glossary) at an Eligible Organisation.

D3.7               CIs must reside predominantly in Australia for the project activity period. Any significant absences including fieldwork or study leave directly related to the project must have approval from You and must not total more than half the project activity period. In extraordinary circumstances, changes must be approved via a Variation.

DAATSIA candidates

D3.8               To be eligible to be a DAATSIA candidate, the nominated individual must:

1. be an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researcher; and
2. meet all the eligibility criteria to apply as a CI.

D3.9               An individual who has previously been awarded a DAATSIA may apply for another DAATSIA, but can only hold one at a time.

Partner investigators

D3.10           PIs must not meet the eligibility criteria for a CI as at the grant commencement date or during the project activity period.