4About the Linkage Projects grant opportunity

4.                     About the Linkage Projects grant opportunity

Important dates

4.1.                  The grant commencement date for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2019 applications submitted by 30 June 2019 will be 1 July 2019.

4.2.                  The grant commencement date for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2019 applications submitted from 1 July 2019 will be 1 January 2020.

4.3.                  The active project assessment date for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2019 applications submitted by 30 June 2019 will be 1 January 2020.

4.4.                  The active project assessment date for Linkage Projects for funding applied for in 2019 applications submitted from 1 July 2019 will be 1 July 2020.

Description

4.5.                  The Linkage Projects grant opportunity supports projects which initiate or develop long term strategic research alliances to apply advanced knowledge to problems, acquire new knowledge and as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research.

4.6.                  Applications for funding under the Linkage Projects grant opportunity must include at least one Partner Organisation. The Partner Organisation must make a contribution in cash and/or in kind and/or other material resources to the project. The combined Partner Organisation eligible contributions for an application (i.e. the total of the cash and in-kind eligible contributions of the Partner Organisations) must at least match the total funding requested from the ARC.

4.7.                  Linkage Projects grant applications are accepted on a continuous basis.

Objectives

4.8.                  The objectives of the Linkage Projects grant opportunity are to:

1. support the initiation and/or development of long-term strategic research alliances between higher education organisations and industry and other research end-users, in order to apply advanced knowledge to problems to provide opportunities to achieve national economic, commercial, environmental, or social benefits;

b.              provide opportunities for internationally competitive research projects to be conducted in collaboration with organisations outside the higher education sector;

c.              encourage growth of a national pool of world-class researchers to meet the needs of the broader Australian innovation system; and

d.              build the scale and focus of research in the Australian Government’s Science and Research Priorities.