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(the title and summary descriptions);

         d.              Your National Interest Test statement;

         e.              classifications and international collaboration country names; and

         f.               the ARC grant funding amount.

9.3.                  You should ensure information contained in the project title, summary descriptions and National Interest Test statement will not compromise Your requirements for confidentiality (such as protection of Intellectual Property).
9.4.                  We may publish a project description, including title and summary, which differs from that provided in the application.

Grant Agreements
9.5.                  You must enter into a grant agreement with Us to receive a grant.
9.6.                  We use the ARC Discovery Program Discovery Projects grant agreement which contains standard terms and conditions that cannot be changed. A sample grant agreement is available on GrantConnect. Any special conditions will be identified in the grant offer.
9.7.                  You will have 30 calendar days from the date of offer to execute the grant agreement.
9.8.                  We must execute a grant agreement with You before We can make payment. We are not responsible for any of Your project expenditure until a grant agreement is executed.

How we pay the grant
9.9.                  Payments will be made as set out in the grant agreement. Grant funding will typically be paid monthly through Our payment system to You.
9.10.              The grant offer will specify the approved grant amount. We will not pay more than the approved grant amount under any circumstances. If you incur extra costs, You must meet them.
9.11.              Grant funding may be subject to indexation.
9.12.              All amounts referred to in these grant guidelines are exclusive of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), unless expressly stated otherwise.
9.13.              Any grant awarded will be subject to sufficient funds being available for the project, the provisions of the ARC Act and the continued satisfactory progress of the project.

Grant Agreement Variation
9.14.              The Grant Agreement outlines the circumstances in which Variations must be submitted. Variations are subject to the ARC approval and further information can be found in the Grant Agreement.

Responsibilities
9.15.              All named participants in an application must take responsibility for the authorship and intellectual content of the application, appropriately citing sources and acknowledging all significant contributions, including from third parties.

Chief Investigators
9.16.              CIs must:
          1. obtain a legal right to work and reside in Australia, prior to the commencement of the project if the CI is not an Australian citizen; and
         b.              meet relinquishment and any other requirements specified in the grant agreement.

Specific research policies and practices
9.17.              All applications and ARC-funded research projects must comply with the requirements for responsible and ethical research practice specified in the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018), and the codes, guidelines, practices and policies on the