Section 7 - Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2007 - Application process | Zoe
Australian Research Council Act 2001 - Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities - Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2007
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7.1.1 This item is not relevant to LIEF as formal eligibility or exemption request processes do not operate in this scheme.
7.2 Proposals
7.2.1 A Proposal should be submitted as a mature research plan ready for implementation. The Proposal must contain all the information necessary for its assessment without the need for further written or oral explanation, or reference to additional documentation, unless requested by the ARC or its College of Experts.
7.2.2 All details in the Proposal must be current at the time of submission.
7.2.3 All parties involved in a Proposal are required to consent to the Proposal’s being assessed under the ARC peer assessment procedures and to the release of the Proposal to third parties for assessment purposes.
7.3 Certification
7.3.1 The Administering Organisation must obtain signatures of all participants named in the Proposal. These signatures are to be retained by the Administering Organisation which must provide them if requested by the ARC. A form is available for this purpose on the ARC web site (http://www.arc.gov.au).
7.3.2 If a Proposal has not been submitted through the appropriate Research Office/Chief Executive Officer for certification, the Proposal will not be recommended or approved for funding.
7.4 Submission of Proposals
7.4.1 Proposals under LIEF consist of three parts:
a. On-line form which must be completed and submitted in the ARC on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC web site at http://www.arc.gov.au;
b. Additional text which must be submitted as part of the paper version of the Proposal and must address the Selection Criteria (subsection 8.1.1.) and include:
a detailed budget justification that states the amount required for each item and the priority afforded each item (A, B or C in descending order). Each budget item and its priority must be justified;
details of staff, students and resources involved in the proposed research activities;
the arrangements proposed for the purchase of, construction of or access to the infrastructure, equipment and facility, its location, installation, day-to-day management and operation, maintenance, access by users to the facility, and the sharing of time and resources to maximise their use; and
in the case of library or research information infrastructure Proposals, the additional information specified in Appendix 4;
c. Curricula vitae and supporting documentation which are to be submitted as part of the paper version of the Proposal. All the documents listed below are mandatory except for the agreement on access. These documents are not included in the quota of ten pages for the additional text.
a curriculum vitae (CV) for each Chief Investigator, each no more than one A4 page in length (including publication details). CVs longer than one A4 page may be removed from the Proposal before assessment. CVs must include:
- name;
- qualifications and current appointment;
- relevant employment history;
- a list of the ten most significant relevant publications for the last five years and the total number of peer-reviewed research publications over the last five years;
- brief details of all competitive grant funding for the last five years;
ii. summary of quotes for items to be purchased, each no more than one A4 page in length, to be included in the Proposal after the additional text and CVs:
- quotes must include all discounts to be provided by suppliers;
- quotes for items in foreign currency must include the exchange rate at the time of applying; and
iii. if the infrastructure, equipment or facility is to be located outside an Eligible Organisation, a copy of an agreement on access, use and maintenance between the organisations involved must be attached.
7.4.2 Format
7.4.2.1 All documents must be written in English and must comply strictly with the format and submission requirements. If a Proposal fails to meet any format and content requirements, the ARC may in its absolute discretion decide to not recommend the Proposal for approval.
7.4.2.2 The additional text, including additional information for library or research information infrastructure Proposals, is to be no longer than ten A4 pages. It should, within the required format, address the items listed in subsection 7.4.1.b. All pages of additional text should be in black type, use a single column and 12-point font size on white A4 paper, be printed on one side only and unbound, with at least 2 cm margins on each side. As Proposals are scanned electronically, a highly legible font type must be used, such as Arial, Courier, Palatino, Times New Roman and Helvetica. Variants such as mathematical typesetting languages may also be used. References may be reproduced in 10-point font size. Colour graphs or colour photographs may be included but they will be reproduced in black and white and the reproduction quality may be degraded. Finely detailed graphics and grey scale may also not be precisely reproduced.
7.4.2.3 The pages of the Proposal, including additional text, curricula vitae and supporting documentation, should be numbered consecutively starting from page one.
7.4.3 How to complete and submit a Proposal
7.4.3.1 Administering Organisations must use the form within the ARC’s on-line grants application management system accessible via the ARC web site (http://www.arc.gov.au).
7.4.3.2 A separate document, Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Instructions to Applicants for Funding commencing in 2007, will be available from http://www.arc.gov.au to assist in preparing Proposals.
7.4.3.3 Administering Organisations may have internal closing dates for Proposal preparation which precede ARC closing dates. Researchers should comply with the various requirements of their relevant Administering Organisations.
7.4.3.4 Research Offices have access to the ARC on-line grants application management system and will allocate User IDs and passwords to enable researchers at their organisations to access the system and prepare Proposals. If a researcher has previously been allocated access, her/his User ID and password should still be current. If researchers do not have a Research Office or equivalent unit, they should email gamsids@arc.gov.au at the ARC for assistance.
7.4.3.5 Research Offices should submit forms in the ARC’s on-line grants application management system and forward the Proposal and a copy which must, as far as possible, identically match the contents of the submitted on-line application form. Proposals should be sent:
By mail to: or
by courier to:
LIEF Coordinator<br>Australian Research Council<br>GPO Box 2702<br>CANBERRA ACT 2601
7.4.4.1 In addition to the on-line form, a paper version of the Proposal must be submitted in duplicate (one original and one identical copy). The paper version must be clipped, not stapled. The paper version of the Proposal must be submitted with the additional text, including supporting documentation, interleaved appropriately (see LIEF Instructions to Applicants for Funding commencing in 2007).
7.4.5 Closing time for Proposals
7.4.5.1 The paper versions of the Proposal must be received by the ARC, and the on-line form completed using the ARC’s on-line grants application management system must be submitted to the ARC, by 5.00 pm (AEST) Friday 26 May 2006. Proposals may be withdrawn but additions, deletions and modifications will not be accepted after submission, unless invited by and at the sole discretion of the ARC. Subject to this subsection, Proposals received after 5.00 pm (AEST) Friday 26 May 2006 will not be accepted. The ARC may, in its absolute discretion, and only in exceptional circumstances, accept late Proposals.