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grant guidelines at any stage during assessment of the application.
8.7.                  If an application is ineligible, the application may not be progressed through the assessment process and We must not recommend the application for funding.

The assessment process
8.8.                  All applications which meet the eligibility criteria will be assessed and merit ranked using all the assessment criteria.
8.9.                  If We consider that an application is incomplete We may in Our absolute discretion decide to recommend that the application not be approved for a grant.
8.10.              If We consider that an application is inaccurate or contains false or misleading information, or is otherwise a breach of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research, We will in Our absolute discretion decide to recommend that the application not be approved for a grant.
8.11.              Your application will be considered on its merits, based on:
          1. how well it meets the assessment criteria;
          2. how it is ranked against other applications; and
          3. whether it provides value for money (as defined in the Glossary).
8.12.              During the assessment process, We may request additional information, which does not change the nature of Your application.
8.13.              The process that We will undertake includes the following steps.
          1. We assign applications to General Assessors.
          2. Applications are assigned to Detailed Assessors. In assigning assessors, We may take requests not to assess into account (see below for further information on this process).
          3. Detailed Assessors provide assessments to Us with scores and written comments against assessment criteria for each application.
          4. Applicants are provided with Detailed Assessors' comments and are invited to submit a rejoinder (see below for further information on this process).
          5. Applications, scores and comments provided in the detailed assessments and the applicant's rejoinder are provided to the General Assessors for consideration. General Assessors assign their own scores against the assessment criteria.
          6. Applications may be provided to an Industry Growth Centre, subject to any Conflicts of Interest. Applications will not be provided to an Industry Growth Centre when that Growth Centre is listed as a Partner Organisation in an application. If asked, the Growth Centre provides comments to Us on the applications for the SAC's consideration.
          7. The SAC meets to discuss the ranking of each application relative to other applications and determines funding recommendations.
          8. We may undertake interviews as part of the assessment process. If interviews are to be undertaken, You will be notified if Your application has, or has not, been shortlisted for interview. The format of interviews will be determined by Us, and would be expected to include the proposed Research Hub Director/Training Centre Director and key participants to be in attendance. We will not fund any costs