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the Centre Director, CIs and PIs. Salary support must be at an appropriate level and include the relevant on-costs as specified at the employing organisation;

         b.              stipends for HDR students, in whole or in part, at an appropriate level for the Eligible Organisation, but not less than the level indicated on the Salaries and Stipends page of the ARC website;

         c.              travel costs essential to the Centre research program or Centre governance, including economy travel costs for domestic and/or international travel and accommodation for Centre personnel and visitors to the Centre;
         d.              expenditure on field research essential to the Centre, including technical and logistical support, travel expenses (including accommodation, meals and incidental costs);
         e.              equipment (and its maintenance) and consumables essential to the Centre. Funding will not be provided for equipment or consumables that are considered to be for broad general use.

What grant funds cannot be used for
5.4.                  You cannot request or use grant funds for the following activities:
          1. research activities, infrastructure or project previously funded or currently being funded through any other Commonwealth grant;
         b.              medical research, including clinical trials, as detailed in the ARC Medical Research Policy (2020 version) on the ARC website;
         c.              experimental development, as defined in the Glossary;
         d.              activities leading solely to the creation or performance of a work of art, including visual art, musical compositions, drama, dance, film, broadcasts, designs and literary works, unless those works are directly related to the project activities and demonstrably research based;
         e.              contracted research or a consultancy arrangements where one or more Organisation(s) is seeking expert external assistance, not available within their own organisation, in order to develop specific applications or outputs that involve little innovation or are low risk;
         f.               production of computer programs, research aids and tools; data warehouses, catalogues or bibliographies; or teaching materials, unless the following activities meet the definition of 'research';
         g.              basic facilities that must be provided (where relevant) and funded by You, or the Other Eligible Organisation(s), or Partner Organisation(s) and are not funded by the grant:

             i.                standard refurbishment costs of a laboratory;

             ii.              bench fees or similar laboratory access fees;

             iii.            access to a basic library collection;

             iv.            access to film or music editing facilities;

             v.              work accommodation (for example, laboratory and office space, suitably equipped and furnished);

             vi.            basic computer facilities such as desktop computers, portable computer devices, printers, word processing and other standard software;

             vii.          use of photocopiers, telephones, mail, email and internet services; and

             viii.         standard reference materials or funds for abstracting services.

         h.              capital works and general infrastructure costs;
         i.                costs not directly related to the Centre, including but not limited to professional membership fees, professional development courses which are not