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assessment criteria                                   the specified principles or standards, against which applications will be considered. These criteria are also used to assess the merits of applications and, in the case of a competitive grant opportunity, to determine application rankings.

Australian Government priority areas                  any areas identified by the Australian Government as priorities for research.

Australian researcher                                 an Australian citizen, permanent resident or New Zealand Special Category Visa holder.

award of PhD date                                     the date of conferral of a PhD, not the date of submission of the thesis, nor the date the thesis was accepted by the examination board.

bench fees                                            fees that an organisation charges for an individual to use infrastructure which would normally be provided by the organisation for their employees. This infrastructure may vary and could include, for example, an office or laboratory space with appropriate equipment, or access to non-specialised equipment owned by the organisation.

candidate                                             the person nominated in an application for a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowship, Australian Laureate Fellowship.

Chief Investigator                                    a participant who satisfies the eligibility criteria for a CI under the Discovery Program.

date of effect                                        the date on which a grant agreement is signed or a specified starting date.

Detailed Assessors                                    assessors drawn from the ARC assessor community who are assigned applications to review for their specific expertise in a field of research.

Discovery Program                                     a program within the NCGP which comprises: Australian Laureate Fellowships, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Projects, Future Fellowships and other grant opportunities as updated from time to time.

eligibility criteria                                  the mandatory criteria which must be met to qualify for a grant. Assessment criteria may apply in addition to eligibility criteria.

Eligible Organisation                                 an organisation listed in Appendix B of these grant guidelines.

experimental development                              experimental development is systematic work, drawing on knowledge gained from research and practical experience and producing additional knowledge, which is directed to producing new products or processes or to improving existing products or processes.

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Fellow                                                the holder of a research fellowship, such as the Australian Laureate Fellowship, Future Fellowship, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award or Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award.

field research                                        the collection of information integral to the project outside a laboratory, library or workplace setting and often in a location external to the participant's normal place of employment.

grant activity                                        the project/tasks/services that the grantee is required to undertake. A project consists of several grant activities.

grant agreement                                       the agreement entered into by the ARC and an Administering Organisation when an application from that organisation is approved for grant funding. This was previously referred to as a 'Funding Agreement'.

grant commencement date                               the date on which grant funding may