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applications as soon as practicable after those applications have been provided to the Board.

         2)        The Board may request additional information from an applicant after the lodgement of an application.

         3)        For Accelerating Commercialisation Grant applications:

              (a)                    The Board will assess first against the 'Need for funding' merit criterion. Only applications that demonstrate a 'Need for funding' against this criterion may receive a merit ranking;

              (b)                    Applications from Commercialisation offices and Eligible partner entities are not required to satisfy the 'Need for funding' merit criterion, and will not be assessed against this merit criterion;

              (c)                    The Board will attribute a higher level of relative merit to applications that have Commercialisation Projects within the Growth Sectors through additional credit against the 'National benefits' merit criterion when assessing applications.

         4)        For Incubator Support Grant applications the Board will assess all merit criteria concurrently.

         5)        In providing the Programme Delegate with a Merit Assessment for an Accelerating Commercialisation application the Board may include advice as to whether any overseas expenditure proposed is appropriate.

Part 3: Assessment of proposals for variation to the agreed Commercialisation Project or Incubator Support Project
10. Consideration of proposals for variation to the agreed project

         1)        If a Recipient has submitted a proposal to the Department for approval of changes to an agreed Commercialisation Project or Incubator Support Project, including:

              (a)                    the addition of new activities;

              (b)                    the discontinuance of activities;

              (c)                    the substitution of new activities in the place of discontinued activities;

              (d)                    a variation to milestones;

              (e)                    a variation to funding; or

              (f)                     a variation to the project's timeframe;

            the Programme Delegate may request that the Board assess the proposal.

         2)        If the Board receives a request under clause 10(1), it must assess the proposal as soon as is practicable and provide the assessment to the Programme Delegate.
11. Assessment of proposals for variation to the agreed project

      In undertaking an assessment of a proposal to change a project the Board will determine:

              (a)                    the extent to which the changed project meets the merit criteria; and

              (b)                    whether the change to the project would:

              (i)             significantly improve the outcomes of the project;

              (ii)           be consistent with the relevant policy objective set out in the  Programme Guidelines; and

              (iii)         otherwise be appropriate in all the circumstances.

Part 4: Board to provide advice on policies and operations of the Programme
12. Minister may request advice

      The Minister may request advice on non-financial administration matters relating to Accelerating Commercialisation or Incubator Support.
13. Cooperation with Evaluations

      The Board will cooperate with any independent evaluation of Accelerating Commercialisation or Incubator Support.