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grant commencement date, and, if successful, for the project activity period:
          1. be an employee for at least 0.2 FTE at an Eligible Organisation; or
          2. be a holder of an honorary academic appointment (as defined in the Glossary) at an Eligible Organisation.
4.25.              CIs must reside in Australia for more than 50% of the project activity period. Any significant absences including fieldwork or study leave directly related to the project must have approval from You and must not total more than half the project activity period. In extraordinary circumstances, a change may be approved by Us via a formal Variation request.
4.26.              CIs must not undertake a Higher Degree by Research (HDR) during the project activity period.
4.27.              The first named CI will be the Project Leader.

What are the limits on the number of applications and projects per named participant?
4.28.              These limits only apply to CIs.
4.29.              The limits are designed to ensure that named participants have the capacity to undertake each project.
4.30.              A named participant can apply for and be concurrently funded for a maximum of two LIEF projects as a CI.
4.31.              At the grant opportunity closing time we will count:
          1. the number of LIEF CI roles that the named participant will hold as active projects as at the active project assessment date; and
         b.              the number of LIEF applications We are currently assessing which include that named participant as a CI.
4.32.              If a role or Project must be relinquished to meet the limits, We must approve the Variation before the grant opportunity closing date. Any relinquishment Variation submitted or approved after the grant opportunity closing date will not be taken into account when counting the number of projects under Section 4.31.
4.33.              It is Your responsibility to determine if applying for, or holding, a project under these guidelines will affect an individual researcher's eligibility for other ARC grant opportunities as other ARC grant opportunities may have different project limits.
We reserve the right to change project and application limits in future grant opportunities.

5.                     What grant money can be used for

What grant money can be used for
5.1.                  The LIEF scheme supports research activities that meet the definition of 'research infrastructure' in the Glossary.
     5.2.                  You can only spend the grant on eligible expenditure items that directly support the project and in accordance with any additional special conditions in the grant agreement.
5.3.                  Eligible expenditure items may include:
          1. purchase, upgrade, transportation of, installation of, and/or maintenance of research infrastructure, and/or management of access to that research infrastructure, including costs such as import taxes (and other similar expenses) for purchasing equipment;
          2. construction of research infrastructure (which may, for example,