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             viii.         standard reference materials or funds for abstracting services.

         h.              capital works and general infrastructure costs;
         i.                costs not directly related to the Centre, including but not limited to professional membership fees, professional development courses which are not offered by the Centre, fees for patent application and maintenance, equipment for live music or drama performances, equipment for gallery and museum exhibitions, visas, relocation costs, entertainment costs, purchase of alcohol, insurance, mobile phones (purchase or call charges) and other indirect costs;
         j.                fees for international students or the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) and Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) liabilities for students;
         k.              salaries and/or on-costs, in whole or in part, for the Centre Director, CIs or PIs on the Centre or any other ARC grant;
         l.                teaching relief;
         m.            cost of investigations that are more appropriately undertaken by way of a consultancy;
         n.              direct development of products and other commercialisation activities;
         o.              indirect costs, including basic facilities and equipment, organisational overheads, and/or infrastructure costs; and
         p.              research support for PIs, apart from short-term project support for investigators visiting from overseas and domestic and international travel associated with the Centre.

6.              The assessment criteria
6.1.                  You must address all the relevant assessment criteria in Your application. We will assess your application based on the weighting given to each criterion for the relevant application stage.
6.2.                  The EOI application assessment criteria are criteria a and b. These criteria are weighted as:
          1. Research Program - Quality and Innovation 70%
         b.              Investigators – Capability and Alignment 30%
6.3.                  The full application assessment criteria are criteria a, b, c, d and e. These criteria are weighted as:
          1. Research Program - Quality and Innovation 20%
         b.              Investigators – Capability & Alignment 20%
         c.              Governance, Leadership & Institutional Support 20%
         d.              Research Environment, Mentoring & Culture 20%
         e.              Outcomes and Linkages 20%
6.4.                  The assessment criteria for ARC Centres of Excellence are:

          1. Research Program - Quality and Innovation
         Demonstrate how the Centre will:
        undertake innovative and transformational research at the leading edge internationally;
        synergise Australian research strengths and build critical mass with enhanced capacity for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to address the most challenging and significant research problems and advance knowledge; and
        build high quality new national and international networks and research programs to ensure that Australian research is globally connected and has the capacity to work on large-scale problems over longer periods of time.
        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