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new international research collaboration or links between research and industry.

A5.         Successful grant applications

Your responsibilities
     A5.1               It is expected You will employ the Australian Laureate Fellow full time (1.0 FTE) for the project activity period.

Part B                 Future Fellowships
     B1.1                This part of the document sets out the specific requirements for the Future Fellowships scheme. This part must be read together with the general Discovery Program requirements detailed in Sections 1-9 of these grant guidelines.

Important dates
     B1.2                The grant commencement date and active project assessment date for each Future Fellowships grant opportunity will be available on the ARC website.

Description
     B1.3                Future Fellowships reflect the Australian Government's commitment to excellence in research by supporting excellent mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.

Objectives
     B1.4                The Future Fellowships scheme objectives are to:
          1. support outstanding mid-career researchers, with demonstrated capacity for high-quality research, leadership, research training and mentoring;
          2. support excellent basic and applied research by outstanding mid-career researchers to be recruited and retained by universities in continuing academic positions;
          3. foster national and international research collaboration;
          4. support excellent and innovative research that addresses a significant problem or gap in knowledge and represents value for money;
          5. create new or advanced knowledge resulting from the outcomes of the research with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia, and enhances the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas.

B2.         Grant amount and grant period
     B2.1                Up to 100 Future Fellowships may be awarded funding in a grant opportunity.
     B2.2                We provide salary and project funding for the Future Fellowships grant opportunity as detailed in Table 3. Salary and/or project funding will not be awarded separately.
     B2.3                Table 3: Future Fellowships funding and grant duration.
Category                    Details

Fellowship salary           Requested and/or awarded at one of three salary levels including on-costs (see Table 4) as specified on the 'Salaries and Stipends' page of the ARC website

Fellowship salary duration  Four consecutive years on a full-time basis. A Future Fellowship may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding eight consecutive years

Project funding             Up to $60,000 per year

Project funding duration    Four consecutive years full time

     B2.4                Table 4: Future Fellowship Academic Salary Levels.
Current Academic Salary Level  Future Fellowship salary level to be requested
(or equivalent)

Level A and B                  Level 1 (1.0 FTE)

Level C                        Level 2 (1.0 FTE)

Level D and E                  Level 3 (1.0 FTE)

     B2.5                A Future Fellowship salary must be requested and will be awarded at one of three levels, which provide salary and salary-related (on-cost) funding. You must select the level according to the Future Fellowship candidate's academic level (or equivalent) at