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A3.1               Your Research Hub application must include the following named participants:
          1. Research Hub Director, who is an eligible CI from Your organisation;
          2. at least one other CI from Your organisation;
          3. at least one CI from each Other Eligible Organisation; and
          4. at least one PI from each Partner Organisation.
A3.2               Your application must include a commitment of combined Partner Organisation(s) contributions (i.e. the total of the cash and in-kind contributions of the Partner Organisations) that matches or exceeds the total funding requested from Us.
A3.3               The combined Partner Organisation(s) cash contribution:
          1. must be at least 75% of the total funding requested from Us where any Partner Organisation has more than 100 employees;
          2. has no minimum contribution where the Partner Organisation or the largest Partner Organisation in a consortium in the application has 100 employees or less; and
          3. has no upper limit.

A4.             What the grant money can be used for
A4.1               Eligible expenditure items for Research Hubs may include:
          1. items in Section 5.3 of these grant guidelines; and
          2. teaching relief for CIs up to a total value of $50,000 per CI per year where it is demonstrated that it will enhance engagement with the Partner Organisation(s).

A5.             The assessment criteria
A5.1               The assessment criteria for the Research Hubs grant opportunity are:
         1. Investigator(s)/Capability 20%
        Describe the:
           –          demonstrated Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) of the proposed team including:
             –          evidence of experience in managing distributed and/or collaborative industrial and end-user focussed research;
             –          evidence of significant outcomes on industry related projects; and
             –          evidence of experience in and capacity to provide effective supervision, support and mentoring for HDR candidates and postdoctoral researchers over the life of the Research Hub.
           –          appropriateness of the team research track record to achieve the Research Hub's goals; and
           –          time and capacity of the team to undertake and manage the proposed research in collaboration with the Partner Organisation(s).
        b.         Project Quality and Innovation 30%
        Describe the extent to which the:
           –          aims, concepts, methods and outcomes will drive growth, productivity and competitiveness within relevant sectors;
           –          conceptual/theoretical framework is genuinely integrated, cross-disciplinary, innovative and original; and
           –          project draws together high quality innovative national and international partnership(s) into an integrated Research Hub.
        c.         Feasibility and Commitment 20%
        Describe the:
           –          extent to which the Research Hub represents value for money;
           –          appropriateness of the design of the Research Hub and the expertise of the participants to ensure the project can be completed within the proposed budget and timeframe (including identified risks and mitigation strategies);
           –          proposed level of collaboration to support the research project, including national and international networks and linkages;
           –          high-quality intellectual support