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new knowledge that is of benefit to Australian research end-users, including in Australian Government priority areas; and

         c.              economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia.

3.                     Grant amount and grant period
3.1                    For each Linkage Projects grant opportunity, applications for the levels of funding listed in Table 1 will be considered.
3.2                    Table 1: Linkage Projects funding and grant duration.
Category                           Details
Linkage Projects funding level     Between $50,000 and $300,000 per year.
Linkage Projects funding duration  Between two and five consecutive years.

4.                     Eligibility criteria

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

What are the eligibility requirements for applications?
4.3                    Your application must:

         a.              include at least one Partner Organisation;

         b.              nominate at least one Chief Investigator (CI);

         c.              include a commitment from Partner Organisation(s) to provide total eligible cash and/or in-kind contributions that at least match the total funding requested from Us; and

         d.              include a commitment from Partner Organisation(s) to provide total eligible cash contributions of at least 25% of the total funding requested from Us. If all Your Partner Organisations are Exempt Partner Organisations[1], You are not required to meet the 25% minimum eligible cash contribution requirement.

4.4                    You and each Other Eligible Organisation on an application must commit a significant contribution of cash and/or in-kind and/or other material resources to the application having regard to the total cost of the proposed project and the relative contribution of any Chief Investigators or Partner Investigator(s) at the organisation.
4.5                    You must ensure that any additional certification requirements, applied by the ARC as a result of findings of breaches of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018), are provided at the grant opportunity closing date for any named participant on an application.
4.6                    Your application must not include medical research as detailed in the ARC Medical Research Policy (2020 version) on the ARC website.

Who is eligible to be a Partner Organisation?
4.7                    A Partner Organisation is an Australian or overseas organisation, other than an Eligible Organisation, which satisfies the eligibility requirements for a Partner Organisation in 4.8-4.12.
4.8                    Each Partner Organisation must:

         a.              participate in the project for the project activity period unless otherwise approved by Us;

         b.              make a contribution of cash and/or in-kind and/or other material resources that is specific to the project, and having regard to the total cost of the project and not be part of a broader contribution to Your organisation or an Other Eligible Organisation;