Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01187:reg:9:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9 (pt 9/11)
Character Range: 51837–55325

on matters of detail made by a person or body authorised to do so by the relevant legislation.
Linkage Program                         the schemes funded under the Linkage Program of the NCGP: ARC Centres of Excellence, Industry Early Career Fellowships, Industry Mid-Career Fellowships, Industry Laureate Fellowships, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs, Industrial Transformation Training Centres, Linkage Projects, Learned Academies Special Projects, Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities, Special Research Initiatives and other grant opportunities as announced from time to time.
medical research                        medical research as defined in the ARC Medical Research Policy available on the ARC website.
officials                               officials of a Commonwealth entity. An individual who is in, or forms part of the entity (see Section 8 of the PGPA Act).
participants                            all named participants on an application (ie CIs, PIs, Directors), and unnamed researchers (postdoctoral research associates and researchers) working on a project.
PhD                                     a qualification that meets the level 10 criteria of the Australian Qualifications Framework Second Edition January 2013.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA)  a postdoctoral research associate funded by the Commonwealth through the Administering Organisation, who will be employed on the project.
Postgraduate Researcher (PGR)           a postgraduate research student funded by the Commonwealth through the Administering Organisation, who will undertake a Higher Degree by Research through the project.
project                                 an application approved to receive grant funding from the ARC.
project activity period                 the period during which a project receives funding according to the original grant offer, has carryover funds approved by the ARC, or an approved variation to its end date. During this period, the project an 'active project'.
project end date                        the expected date by which project activity will be completed and all grant funding has been spent.
recipient                               an individual or organisation who has received grant funding from the ARC.
research                                 the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understanding. This could include new and creative synthesis and analysis of previous research. This definition is consistent with OECD definitions of 'creative and systematic work undertaken … to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.'[1]

research infrastructure                  the assets, facilities, services, and coordinated access to major national and/or international research facilities or consortia which directly support research in higher education organisations and more broadly, and which allow researchers to undertake research and deliver innovative outcomes.

Research Office                         a business unit within an Eligible Organisation responsible for contact with the ARC on its applications and projects.
research output                         all products of a project that meet the definition of research, excluding pre-prints, which are the original version of manuscripts