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out the specific requirements for the Industrial Transformation Training Centres (Training Centres) scheme. This part must be read together with the general ITRP requirements in Sections 1-9 of these grant guidelines.

Description
B1.2                Training Centres foster close partnerships between university-based researchers and industry, through creating and delivering innovative Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and postdoctoral training. Training Centres are to develop researchers with capability in end user research that is vital to Australia's future. In delivering this training, the Training Centre focuses its researchers on developing solutions relevant to the Industrial Transformation Priorities.

Objectives
B1.3                The Training Centres scheme objectives are to:
          1. support HDR candidates and postdoctoral researchers to undertake industrial training;
          2. support research collaboration between universities and organisations outside the Australian higher education sector; and
          3. strengthen the capabilities of industry and research end-users in identified Industrial Transformation Priority areas.
B1.4                The intended outcomes of the Training Centres scheme are:
          1. growth, productivity and competitiveness within Industrial Transformation Priorities; and
         b.              economic, commercial and social transformation.

B2.             Grant amount and grant period
B2.1                The ARC may provide project funding, which includes salary funding and stipend funding as detailed in Table 2.
B2.2                Table 2: Training Centres funding and grant duration.
Category                                                                                    Details

Training Centres funding maximum                                                            Maximum of $5 million over a maximum of five consecutive years.

Training Centres funding level                                                              Between $650,000 and $1 million per annum for the first three years.

(funding includes funding for ICHDR positions and ICPD positions at rates as listed below)  Between $150,000 and $1 million per annum for the fourth year.

                                                                                            There is no minimum level of funding provided by the ARC in the fifth year. The maximum is $1 million.

Training Centres funding duration                                                           Between four and five consecutive years.

ICPD salary level                                                                           At a level appropriate to the employing organisation, but no less than the level indicated on the salaries and stipends page of the ARC website.

ICPD salary duration                                                                        Up to five consecutive years.

ICHDR stipend level                                                                         At a level appropriate to the Eligible Organisation, but no less than the level indicated on the salaries and stipends page of the ARC website.

ICHDR stipend duration                                                                      Two or three years, as appropriate for the Higher Degree by Research that the ICHDR is undertaking.

The figures in this section are based on the 2024 price levels of funding and may be subject to variation (for example, due to annual indexation). Updated levels will be available on the salaries and stipends page of the ARC website.
B2.3                A project may include additional HDR and postdoctoral positions. Any roles funded by non-ARC sources are not considered to be ICHDRs and ICPDs and are not covered by the employment conditions in the