E3Grant eligibility criteria

E3.              Grant eligibility criteria

E3.1                Organisation roles available under the Discovery Projects grant opportunity are:

1. Administering Organisation;

b.              Other Eligible Organisation; and

c.              Other Organisation.

E3.2                The named participant roles available under the Discovery Projects grant opportunity are:

1. CI; and

b.              PI.

E3.3                To be eligible, Your Discovery Projects application must nominate at least one CI. The first named CI will be the Project Leader.

Chief Investigators

E3.4                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 (0.2 FTE) at an Eligible Organisation; or

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

Partner Investigators

E3.5                Researchers who do not meet all of the eligibility criteria for being a CI may be PIs. PIs must not meet the eligibility criteria for a CI as at the grant commencement date or during the project activity period.

E3.6                An employee of an Eligible Organisation who will not reside predominantly in Australia for the project activity period may be a PI.