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date and applications that We deemed ineligible.
     C3.5                To be eligible, the candidate must, as at the grant opportunity closing date:
          1. have an award of PhD date on, or after the grant opportunity eligibility dates listed on the ARC website; or
         b.              have an award of PhD date together with an allowable period of career interruption that would be commensurate with an award of PhD date on or after the grant opportunity eligibility dates listed on the ARC website. More information on allowable career interruptions, and the period allowed for each, is available in the Instructions to Applicants and the 'Eligibility and Career Interruptions Statement' on the ARC website.
     C3.6                If a DECRA candidate has more than one PhD, the earliest awarded PhD must fall within this timeframe.
     C3.7                Where the DECRA candidate holds a higher research degree that is not a PhD, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) or equivalent must certify that the qualification meets the level 10 criteria of the Australian Qualifications Framework Second Edition.

C4.         What the grant money can be used for
     C4.1                The grant money can be used for the activities set out in these grant guidelines and the grant agreement including travel costs essential to the project up to $50,000 over the project activity period. Travel and accommodation costs related to carrying out field research or carers' costs are not included in this $50,000 limit.

C5.         The assessment criteria
     C5.1                The assessment criteria for the DECRA grant opportunity are:
          1. Investigator/Capability 35%
            Describe the:
            -                 Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) including record of high quality research outputs appropriate to the discipline/s;
            -                 capability of candidate to build collaborations both within Australia and internationally.
         b.              Project quality and innovation 35%
            Describe the:
            -                 contribution to an important gap in knowledge or significant problem;
            -                 innovation of the research in the context of recent international advances in research in this area);
            -                 clarity of the major research questions;
            -                 cohesiveness of the project design and implementation plan (including the appropriateness of the aim, conceptual framework, method, data and/or analyses); and
            -                 extent to which the research has the potential to enhance international collaboration.
         If the project involves Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander research additional criteria include:
            -            the project's level of collaboration, engagement, relationship building and benefit sharing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and First Nations Organisations and Communities;
            -            the project's strategy and mechanisms for Indigenous research capacity building within the project;

            -            the project's level of internal leadership of Indigenous research;

            -            The project's adherence to the Australian Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles (2018); and
            -            The project's understanding of, and proposed strategies to adhere to, the AIATSIS Code of Ethics for