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PI       Partner Investigator
 GST      Goods and Services Tax                      RMS      Research Management System
 HDR      Higher Degree by Research                   SAC      Selection Advisory Committee

Definitions
Term                                             Definition

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person  a person of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is accepted as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the community in which they live or have lived.

Accountable Authority                             Members of the ARC Board are the Accountable Authority of the ARC as defined in section 5 of the ARC Act.

active project                                   a project that is receiving funding according to the terms of an existing Funding Agreement or grant agreement, or has any carryover funds approved by the ARC, or an approved variation to the project end date.

active project assessment date                   the date on which active project eligibility will be considered for project and application limits per named participant.

Administering Organisation                       an Eligible Organisation which submits an application for a grant and which will be responsible for the administration of the grant if the application is approved for funding.

applicant                                        the Administering Organisation.

application                                      a request for funding submitted through RMS by an Administering Organisation seeking grant funding under an ARC grant program. It includes the specifics of a proposed grant activity as well as the administrative information required to determine the eligibility of the application.

applied research                                 original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific, practical aim or objective.  https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-research-classification-anzsrc/latest-release

ARC Board                                        the ARC Board is appointed by the Minister and consists of the Chair, Deputy Chair and up to seven other members. The ARC Board's functions include determining priorities, strategies and policies for the ARC. The ARC Board is the Accountable Authority of the Australian Research Council.

ARC College of Experts                           the body of experts of international standing appointed to assist the ARC to identify research excellence, moderate external assessments and recommend applications for funding. Its members are specialist and generalist experts in their knowledge fields drawn from the Australian research community.

                                                 The ARC website provides information on who is a member of the College of Experts.

assessment criteria                              the specified principles or standards, against which applications will be considered. These criteria are also used to assess the merits of applications and, in the case of a competitive grant opportunity, to determine application rankings.

assessment round                                 there may be one or more assessment rounds within each Linkage Projects grant opportunity. Assessment round dates will be available on the ARC website.

Australian Government priority areas             any areas identified by the Australian Government as priorities for research .

bench fees                                       fees that an organisation