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can be used for

Eligible grant activities
5.1.                  The Linkage Program supports research activities that meet the definition of 'research'.

Ineligible grant activities
5.2.                  The Linkage Program does not support applications that involve medical research as detailed in the ARC Medical Research Policy on the ARC website. Applications which address the 'Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals' industrial transformation priority, must take the ARC Medical Research Policy into consideration.
5.3.                  We will not consider any application that utilises ARC funds for clinical trials.
5.4.                  We will not consider applications for a grant where one or more Organisation(s) is seeking expert external assistance, not available within their own organisation, in order to develop specific applications or outputs that involve little innovation or are low risk.
We consider such applications to be contracted research or a consultancy arrangement and these are ineligible.
5.5.                  We cannot fund the same research activities, infrastructure or project previously funded or currently being funded through any other Commonwealth grant.
5.6.                  The Linkage Program does not support activities leading solely to the creation or performance of a work of art, including visual art, musical compositions, drama, dance, film, broadcasts, designs and literary works, unless those works are directly related to the project activities and demonstrably research based.

What grant funds can be used for
5.7.                  You can only spend the grant on eligible expenditure items that directly support the project and in accordance with any additional special conditions in the grant agreement.
5.8.                  Eligible expenditure items are:
          1. personnel, which may include:
                 1. salary support for personnel who perform research or activities that support the research, for example research associates and assistants, a Manager, technicians and laboratory attendants but excluding the Director, CIs and PIs. Salary support must be at an appropriate level, including 30 per cent on-costs, at the employing organisation;
                 2. stipends for HDR students, at an appropriate level for the Eligible Organisation, but not less than the level indicated on the salaries and stipends page of the
                    ARC website;
            iii.          expert services of a third party if the services are directly related to and essential for the project. Such services include, but are not limited to:
              -            language translation services, transcribing services;
              -            purchase of bibliographical or archival material (electronic or hard copy); and
              -            data collection and analysis services;
         b.              travel costs essential to the project, including economy travel costs for domestic and/or international travel and accommodation, not exceeding an average of $20,000 per year of the project. Travel costs related to c. and e. vii. are not counted towards the average of $20,000 per year limit detailed here;
         c.              expenditure on field research essential to the project, including technical and logistical support, travel expenses (including