EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Funding Rules made under section 60 of the Australian Research Council Act 2001
Variation to Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Subject: Australian Research Council Act 2001
Variation to the Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011
Authority
Section 60 of the Australian Research Council Act 2001 (the Act) provides that the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research must approve ARC funding rules.
Purpose and effect
Linkage Projects for funding commencing in 2011 were approved under section 60 of the Act by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, on 16 March 2010.
Linkage Projects is a scheme funded under the Australian Research Council’s National Competitive Grants Program. The scheme supports research and development projects which are collaborative between higher education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system, which are undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and which involve risk or innovation.
A variation to these rules was approved under section 61 of the Act by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, 20 December 2010. Details of the approved variation to the Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011 are:
In this document replace “A researcher nominated on a Proposal as a CI must meet at least one of the following criteria as at 1 January 2011, and for the full term of her/his participation in the project:” with “A researcher nominated on a Proposal as a CI must meet at least one of the following criteria as at 1 January 2011,(for Round 1 Proposals), or as at 1 July 2011, (for Round 2 Proposals), and for the full term of her/his participation in the project:” (page 19 and subsection 8.2.1).
Commencement
Linkage Projects Funding Rules for funding commencing in 2011 (Variation1) shall take effect upon registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.