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of expenses that could be incurred by a participating industry partner's participation include (but are not limited to) costs associated with workplace accommodation, equipment or materials for the PhD Candidate.
     (9) The participating industry partner must use only use the grant amount to support the provision of higher education to their employed PhD Candidate, including for one of the following purposes:
         (a) to support PhD Candidates to complete their PhD project; and

         (b) to support the participating industry partner with releasing PhD Candidates and other employees of the industry partner for periods of time for the purposes of assisting PhD Candidates to complete their PhD project.

     (10) The participating industry partner must provide supervision for their employed PhD Candidate.
     (11) The participating industry partner must provide appropriate access to appropriate facilities and infrastructure to support the PhD Candidate.

Conditions on higher education providers and industry partners in respect of PhD Candidates

     (12) Participating higher education providers must ensure that PhD Candidates enrolled in the Industry Linked PhD stream must spend 20 to 50 per cent of the duration of their PhD Candidature undertaking work relevant to their PhD project in the facilities of the business or organisation referred to in paragraph 4.10(4)(b), unless an exception is approved by the department.
     (13) Participating industry partners must ensure that PhD Candidates enrolled in the Industry Researcher PhD stream must spend 20 to 50 per cent of the duration of their PhD Candidature embedded in the participating higher education provider's facilities, unless an exception is approved by the department.

Conditions in respect of the agreement between the higher education provider and the industry partner or relevant business or organisation

     (14) The participating higher education provider and participating industry partner must enter into an agreement for each PhD project for the Industry Researcher PhD stream.
     (15) The participating higher education provider must enter into an agreement with the relevant business or organisation referred to in paragraph 4.10(4)(b) for each PhD project in the Industry Linked PhD stream.
     (16) The agreements referred to in subsections (14) and (15) must provide for how intellectual property rights created as part of the PhD project should be handled, and must allow the PhD Candidate to use and publish such intellectual property in their thesis or relevant publications.

Reporting

     (17) The participating higher education provider and industry partner must collect data specified by the department for the purpose of program assurance and give that data to the department annually.
     (18) The participating higher education provider and industry partner must, on request, provide a report on performance in the format requested by the department.

Privacy

     (19) If the participating higher education provider or industry partner is not an 'organisation' for