Research Services Office ARC LINKAGE PROJECTS 2012 R2 GUIDELINES BUDGET KEY DATES RSO CONTACTS Christine Maher Research Services Office

ARC LINKAGE PROJECT OBJECTIVES Promote long term strategic research alliances between higher education institutions and industry (must contain industry contribution: cash + in-kind) Apply advanced knowledge to problems and/or to provide opportunities to obtain national economic, social or cultural benefits; Provide outcome –oriented research training with industry for PhD students and postdocs

ARC GUIDELINES Funding Rules Instructions to Applicants http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP12/lp_funding_rules_2012_19%20April%202011.pdf Selection Criteria – Section 4 Eligibility: Funding & types of Expenditure supported - Section 5 Eligible Institutions and Partner organisations including evaluation of required cash and in-kind contribution – Section 6 Investigators - Section 7, 8 and 9 Instructions to Applicants http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP12/LP12_ITA_Final.pdf Frequently Asked Questions http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/LP12/LP12_FAQ_Final.pdf

FUNDING Minimum request from ARC is $30,000 per annum – S5.1.2 Period of funding is from 2 - 5 years – Section 5.1.3 Typically maximum request from ARC is $500,000 per annum – S5.1.2 more if an outstanding case is made and there is high level commitment and very significant cash contribution – S5.1.2 Funding is subject to indexation and updated salary levels will be available annually on the ARC website at www.arc.gov.au/applicants/salaries.htm

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS Each application must have at least 1 Partner Organisation – S6.2 and Section 6.4 Who is eligible? a private sector organisation a private non-profit organisation a Government organisation - State, Territory or Commonwealth Government organisations an overseas organisation – proposal must address the economic or social benefit to Australia, and the intended use of the research outcomes in Australia cannot be a government funded research organisation

PARTNER CONTRIBUTION – S6.4 The combined Partner Organisation contributions for a Proposal (i.e. the total of the cash and in-kind contributions of the Partner Organisations) must at least match 100% the total funding requested from the ARC If Proposal seeks less than $500,000 per year from the ARC, the combined Partner Organisation Cash Contribution must be at least 20% of the total funding requested from the ARC eg If ARC request is $100,000 Partner Cash must be at least $20,000 Total of the combined Partner cash and in-kind contributions must be at least $100,000

Research Activities not supported by the Linkage Projects scheme descriptive data compilations, catalogues or bibliographies; teaching materials compilation of data, computer programs, research aids and tools. S 5.4.2 Projects where one or more Partner Organisations is seeking expert external assistance with little innovation potential or low risk are mainly for the benefit, and align with the priorities or objectives, of the Partner Organisation(s) and/or the ARC deems to be essentially contracted research or a consultancy arrangement. S 5.4.2 c Medical and dental research, including but not limited to projects that deal substantially with any of the areas of research outlined in Section 5.4.2 c

SECTION 5.2.1 - BUDGET ITEMS SUPPORTED Personnel: APDIs, Research Associates, technicians, lab attendants, PhD stipends, Linkage Industry Fellowships (LIF)* Teaching and/or teaching relief to allow CIs to interact with POs Equipment Maintenance Access to workshops services Travel for CIs, PIs, APDI fellows and research support personnel Relocation costs, for an APDI Fellow *LIF – salary support associated with short-term transfers for CIs or PIs involved in a temporary transfer of CI to Partner Organisation (or vice versa)

Personnel Salary support must be requested at an appropriate fully justified salary level, including 28% on-costs PhD stipends, at a minimum of $27,651 (2011$) – note PhD Stipend award is no longer APAI or Special Condition Travel costs: i. economy, domestic and international travel for CIs and APDI Fellows, and research support personnel, to foster and strengthen collaborations between researchers in Australia and overseas; ii. economy, domestic and international travel for PIs living overseas to travel to and from Australia, once per year, to work on the Project. Teaching Relief for up to two CIs, per Proposal; b. for up to six months, per CI, over the duration of a two or three year Project; OR for up to 12 months, per CI, over the duration of a four or five year Project; for up to $69,758 per year (2011$) per CI, or pro rata for a lesser period, Note: TR is a Special Condition and request must be fully justified.

Section 5.3 Budget Items Not Supported salaries and/or on-costs for CIs and PIs (excluding APDI and LIF); capital works and general infrastructure costs; fees for international students costs not directly related to research, for example, visas, insurance, and mobile phones (purchase or call charges).

Personnel Cost Calculations Calculation steps 1. Determine appropriate time in-put project leader (CI1) - typically 0.2-0.4 EFT depending upon size of project other CIs – typically 0.05-0.2 EFT 0.05 EFT (~1 day/month) for a Prof who would attend fortnightly project meetings, six monthly workshops and edit reports and publications. 0.1 EFT (1 day/fortnight) – specialist role 0.2 EFT (1 day/week) – active and regular contributor role possibly involving some supervision ARC funded staff / fellows 0.5-1.0 EFT Student(s) 1.0 EFT

Personnel Cost Calculations 2. Determine appropriate level Predetermined if current staff member or PI If to be recruited, consider qualification and experience required If with PhD – level A/6 and above (note A/level 6 is PhD holder entry level) Research assistant – level A 1-5 Technical support – HEO Student or staff?? Salary level values ARC provide PhD stipend and fellowship values Otherwise use Flinders salary scales and 28% on-costs

Non Personnel budget Items Teaching Relief Provision for CI to interact with Partner Organisations (PO) Equipment Major items to be purchased Maintenance Technical support (remember Uni in-kind) Basic items (inc. PO in-kind) Travel Travel to Partner Organisations or PI travel to CIs, field trips etc inc. PI in-kind Conference travel requests must include conference details Other Consultants eg. translator, statistician Workshops, focus groups

BUDGET JUSTIFICATION Use same budget headings and order as budget table - eg Personnel - identify which personnel are being funded (level, %) + on-costs. Staff member/PI responsible for … Equipment Two important and low cost pieces of equipment for the project are requested: X Y (discussed in section z). Maintenance Consumable, glassware and material costs are estimated to be $... ($.. cash and $1.. in-kind) pa. Travel To allow researchers to travel from … to … to undertake …. Figure reflects the cost for travel between …. and …., return. The estimated cost per person is: $a return airfare, $b/day car hire, daily meal allowance of $c/day and accommodation expenses of $d/day. Other Costs calculated on internal, cost-recovery payments and include:

IMPORTANT DATES

RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICE SUPPORT Useful resources: RSO website http://www.flinders.edu.au/research/info-for-researchers/grants/new-grants-page.cfm Faculty peers Grants library: contact RSO Grants Officers Budget tool: http://www.flinders.edu.au/about_research_files/Documents/Grants%20and%20Funding/FlindersBudgetTool.xls Salaries: http://www.flinders.edu.au/hr/hrsp/salary-scales.cfm Flinders Partners Partnering Program a service package (including market research, workshops, mentoring and funding) designed to enable researchers to develop a partnership over a period of up to 12 months, culminating in a collaborative grant submission.

Contact Amy Petty (X15173) for assistance with RMS ID ALL Applications MUST be accompanied by a fully signed Flinders Certification Form, and relevant ARC Certification Forms, signed http://www.flinders.edu.au/about_research_files/Documents/Info%20for%20Research/FUSACertForm.docx RSO Contacts Contact Amy Petty (X15173) for assistance with RMS ID Flinders Certification Form Contact Christine Maher (X12045) for assistance with funding rules eligibility access to ARC Discovery Proposal library etc. 17