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these grant 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 the grant money can be used for

What grants funds can be used for
5.1.                  The Discovery Program supports research activities that meet the definition of 'research' in the Glossary.
     5.1                    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.
     5.2                    Eligible expenditure items may include:
          1. salary support for other personnel, for example, research associates and assistants, technicians and laboratory attendants at an appropriate salary level, including 30% on-costs, at the employing organisation;
          2. stipends for HDR at 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) each at the level indicated on the 'Salaries and Stipends' page of the ARC website;
          3. teaching relief for CIs up to a total of $50,000 per CI per year per project;
          4. equipment (and its maintenance) and consumables, including specialised computer equipment and software essential to the project;
          5. travel costs essential to the project may be supported up to $50,000 over the project activity period. The following travel costs are not included in this $50,000 limit:
             1. expenditure on field research essential to the project, including technical and logistical support, travel expenses (including accommodation, meals and incidental costs); and
             2. reasonable essential costs to allow a participant who is a carer, or who personally requires care or assistance, to undertake travel essential to the project.

What grants funds cannot be used for
     5.3                    You cannot request or use grant funds for:

         a.              research activities, infrastructure or projects previously funded or currently being funded through any other Commonwealth grant;

         b.              medical research as detailed in the ARC Medical Research Policy (2020) on the ARC website;

         c.              experimental development, as defined in the Glossary;

         d.              activities leading solely to the creation or performance of a work of art, including visual art, musical compositions, drama, dance, film, broadcasts, designs and literary works, unless those works are directly related to the project activities and demonstrably research based;

         e.              contracted research or consultancy arrangements where one or more Organisation(s) is seeking expert external assistance, not available within their own organisation, to develop specific applications or outputs that involve little innovation or are low risk;

         f.               production of computer programs, research aids and tools; data warehouses, catalogues or bibliographies; or teaching materials, unless these meet the definition of 'research';

         g.              basic facilities that must be provided (where relevant) and funded by You and are not funded by the grant:

             1. bench fees