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and furnished);
              6. basic computer facilities such as desktop computers, portable computer devices, printers, word processing, and other standard software; and
             7. standard reference materials or funds for abstracting services.

         g.              costs of accommodation associated with the use of the proposed research infrastructure;
         h.              maintenance costs of the proposed research infrastructure after the first year of the project, including for multi-year projects;
         i.                operational costs;
         j.                costs not directly related to the project, including but not limited to professional membership fees, professional development courses, fees for patent application and maintenance, equipment for live music or drama performances, visas, relocation costs, entertainment costs, purchase of alcohol, insurance, mobile phones (purchase or call charges) and other indirect costs. Professional membership fees may be allowable if related to the subscription or coordinated access to international facilities and major national facilities;
         k.              fees for international students or the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS) and Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) liabilities for students;
         l.                salaries and/or on-costs, in whole or in part, for CIs or PIs;
         m.            salaries and/or on costs, in whole or in part, for personnel using the facility
         (for example, for research support personnel);
         n.              teaching and/or teaching relief;
         o.              research infrastructure for the production of teaching materials, except where such activities meet the definition of 'research';
         p.              travel costs associated with use of the proposed research infrastructure; and
         q.              fee-for-service costs where the application does not lead to capability building or development of the research infrastructure.

6.                     The assessment criteria
6.1.                  You must address all of the relevant assessment criteria in Your application. We will assess your application based on the weighting given to each criterion.
6.2.                  The LIEF assessment criteria are:
          1. Project quality and innovation 30%
            –          significance of the research that will be supported by the proposed research infrastructure;
            –          capacity to enhance the scale and focus of research in areas of existing and/or emerging research strength;
            –          effectiveness of collaborative arrangements for the management and sharing of the proposed research infrastructure or access to national or international facilities; and
            –          extent to which the project represents value for money, including consideration of the relationship to similar research infrastructure at organisational, regional, national and/or international level.
         If the project involves Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander research infrastructure, additional criteria include:
            –          the project's level of collaboration, engagement, relationship building and benefit sharing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and First Nations Organisations and Communities;
            –          the project's strategy and mechanisms for Indigenous research capacity building within the project; the project's level of internal leadership of Indigenous research;
            –          the project's adherence to the Australian Indigenous Data Sovereignty Principles (2018); and
            –          the project's understanding of, and proposed