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project limit requirements at the grant opportunity closing date. If an Australian Laureate Fellowships, Future Fellowships, DECRA, ARC Centres of Excellence or Special Research Initiatives application is successful, named participants must meet the project limits under section 4.24 before the project can start. Project limits can be met by relinquishing existing active project(s), or relinquishing role(s) on existing active projects, or withdrawing application(s) that would exceed the project limits. This does not need to occur until all outcomes are announced.
4.27.              If a role or Project must be relinquished to meet the limits at the grant opportunity closing date for a Discovery Indigenous application, We must approve the Variation before the grant opportunity closing date. Any relinquishment Variation submitted or approved after the grant opportunity closing date will not be taken into account when counting the number of projects under section 4.25.
4.28.              It is Your responsibility to determine if applying for, or holding, a project under these grant guidelines will affect an individual researcher's eligibility for other ARC grant opportunities as other ARC grant opportunities may have different project limits. We reserve the right to change project and application limits in future grant opportunities.

5.    What the grant money can be used for

What grants funds can be used for
5.1.                  The Discovery Program supports research activities that meet the definition of 'research' in the Glossary.
5.2.                  You can only spend the grant on eligible expenditure items that directly support the project and in accordance with any additional special conditions in the grant agreement.
5.3.                  Eligible expenditure items may include:
          1. if relevant, salary and 30% on-costs for the DAATSIA recipient;
          2. salary support for other personnel, for example, research associates and assistants, technicians and laboratory attendants at an appropriate salary level, including 30% on-costs, at the employing organisation;
          3. stipends for HDR at 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) each for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students at the level indicated on the 'Salaries and Stipends' page of the ARC website;
          4. teaching relief for CIs up to a total of $50,000 per CI per year per project (except where a CI has been awarded a DAATSIA);
          5. equipment (and its maintenance) and consumables, including specialised computer equipment and software essential to the project;
          6. travel costs essential to the project may be supported up to $50,000 over the project activity period. The following travel costs are not included in this $50,000 limit:
             1. expenditure on field research essential to the project, including technical and logistical support, travel expenses (including accommodation, meals and incidental costs); and
             2. reasonable essential costs to allow a participant who is a carer, or who personally requires care or assistance, to undertake travel essential