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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;
f.        other, which may include:
            1. access to national and international research and infrastructure facilities including specialist archives, collections and databases;
            2. access to technical workshop services linked to and justified explicitly against the project (for example, machine tools and qualified technicians);
             3. publication and dissemination of project research outputs and outreach activity costs;
             4. specialised computer equipment and software essential to the project;
            5. web hosting and web development specific to the project;
             6. workshops, focus groups and conferences that are essential for the conduct of the project (including reasonable hospitality costs such as morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea).

Ineligible grant activities
     5.4                    Unless the following activities meet the definition of research, the Discovery Program does not support production of:
          1. computer programs, research aids and tools;
         b.              data warehouses, catalogues or bibliographies; or
         c.              teaching materials.
     5.5                    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 version) 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 or similar laboratory access fees;
            2. access to a basic library collection;
             3. access to film or music editing facilities;
             4. work accommodation (for example, laboratory and office space, suitably equipped and furnished);
            5. basic computer facilities such as desktop computers, portable computer devices, printers, word processing, and other standard software; and
             6. standard reference materials or funds for abstracting services;

         h.              capital works and general infrastructure costs;

         i.                costs not directly related to the project, including but not limited to professional membership fees, professional development courses, fees for patent application and maintenance, equipment for live music or drama performances, equipment