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Grant Guidelines for the Linkage Program (2018) Linkage Projects
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18. Glossary
For the purposes of the Linkage Program: Linkage Projects grant guidelines, terms have the meanings defined below.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| active project | a project that is receiving funding according to the terms of an existing Funding Agreement or grant agreement, or has any carryover funds approved by the ARC, or an approved variation to the project end date. |
| Active project assessment date | the date on which active project eligibility will be considered for project and application limits per named participant. |
| Administering Organisation | an Eligible Organisation which submits an application for a grant and which will be responsible for the administration of the grant if the application is approved for funding. |
| applicant | the Administering Organisation. |
| application | a request for funding submitted through RMS by an Administering Organisation seeking grant funding under an ARC grant program. It includes the specifics of a proposed grant activity as well as the administrative information required to determine the eligibility of the application. |
| ARC assessor community | the Australian and international assessors that assess applications submitted to the ARC that are within their areas of expertise. |
| ARC College of Experts | the body of experts of international standing appointed to assist the ARC to identify research excellence, moderate external assessments and recommend applications for funding. Its members are specialist and generalist experts in their knowledge fields drawn from the Australian research community. The ARC website provides information on who is a member of the College of Experts. |
| ARC Project ID | the identifier assigned through RMS when an application is commenced. |
| ARC website | the website accessed using www.arc.gov.au. |
| assessment criteria | the specified principles or standards, against which applications will be considered. These criteria are also used to assess the merits of applications and, in the case of a competitive grant opportunity, to determine application rankings. |
| award of PhD date | the date of conferral of a PhD, not the date of submission of the thesis, nor the date the thesis was accepted by the examination board. |