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facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities.
2.5.                  The LIEF scheme objectives are to:
         1. support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, through the acquisition (purchase, upgrade, construction, transportation, installation, and/or maintenance) of research equipment and infrastructure and access to national and international research facilities;
         2. encourage Eligible Organisations to develop collaborative arrangements with other Eligible Organisations and/or Partner Organisations for the acquisition and use of research equipment and infrastructure or access to national and international facilities;
         3. enhance the scale and focus of research in areas of existing and/or emerging research strength; and
         4. expand the availability of research infrastructure for the broader research community.
2.6.                  The grant commencement dates and active project assessment dates for each LIEF grant opportunity will be available on the ARC website.

3.                     Grant amount and grant period
3.1.                  For each LIEF grant opportunity, applications for the levels of funding listed in Table 1 will be considered.
3.2.                  Table 1: LIEF funding and grant duration.
Category               Details
LIEF funding level     Minimum $150,000 per year.
                       Maximum 75% of the total direct cost of the eligible budget items.
LIEF funding duration  One year; or
                       One to five years if the application is for leasing infrastructure, equipment or facilities, the construction of research infrastructure, or subscription or coordinated access to international facilities and major national facilities.

4.                     Eligibility criteria

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?
4.1.                  We will only accept applications from the Eligible Organisations as identified in Appendix B.
4.2.                  The Eligible Organisation that submits the application will be the 'Administering Organisation' and is referred to as 'You'. All Other Eligible Organisations named on the application will be an 'Other Eligible Organisation'.

What are the eligibility requirements for applications?
4.3.                  Organisation roles available under the LIEF grant opportunity are:
          1. Administering Organisation;
          2. Other Eligible Organisation;
          3. Partner Organisation; and
          4. Other Organisation.
4.4.                  Your application must:
          1. nominate at least one Chief Investigator (CI);
         b.              nominate no more than 15 CIs and Partner Investigators (PI) in total;
         c.              nominate no more than five CIs from any one Eligible Organisation;
         d.              nominate no more than five PIs from any one Partner Organisation; and
         e.              have a duration of a minimum of one year and a maximum of five years. Applications with a duration of more than one year will only be considered for:
            -            the construction of research infrastructure, which may include (for example) building equipment or facilities, or the development of an online archive;
            -            subscription