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for research students and early and mid-career researchers and promotes a diverse, equitable and inclusive research environment;
         e.              establish research programs that lead to significant knowledge impact and end-user impact through the delivery of outcomes for partners including industry (private sector, not-for-profits, community groups, and/or government and government agencies); and
         f.               create new knowledge and understanding that is value for money, with the potential to enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas and deliver economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia.
2.7.                  The ARC Centres of Excellence scheme has a two-stage application process, commencing with an Expression of Interest (EOI). Shortlisted applicants will be invited to submit a full application.
2.8.                  The grant commencement date for ARC Centres of Excellence is available on the
ARC website.
2.9.                  The grant commencement date for ARC Centres of Excellence involving Antarctic research, as defined in the Glossary (Appendix A), must not be before 1 January 2027.

3.              Grant amount and grant period
3.1.                  For each ARC Centres of Excellence grant opportunity, applications for the levels of funding listed in Table 1 will be considered.
3.2.                  Table 1: ARC Centres of Excellence funding and grant duration.
Category          Details
Funding level     Between $1 million and $5 million per year.
Funding duration  Up to seven years.

4.              Eligibility criteria

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?
4.1.                  We will only accept applications from the Eligible Organisations in Appendix B.
4.2.                  The Eligible Organisation that submits the application will be the 'Administering Organisation' (henceforth 'You'). All other Eligible Organisations named on the application will be an 'Other Eligible Organisation'.
4.3.                  Eligible Organisations may be involved in more than one EOI application or full application but must consider their capacity to contribute if all full applications are successful.

What are the eligibility requirements for applications?
4.4.                  Organisation roles available under the ARC Centres of Excellence grant opportunity are:
          1. Administering Organisation;
          2. Other Eligible Organisation; and
          3. Partner Organisation.
4.5.                  To be eligible, Your EOI application and full application must:
          1. include at least one Other Eligible Organisation;
         b.              include one or more Partner Organisations;
         c.              nominate a Centre Director, who is the first-named Chief Investigator (CI) on Your application;
         d.              include at least one other CI; and
         e.              include one or more Partner Investigators (PI).
4.6.                  You and each Other Eligible Organisation must commit a significant contribution of cash and/or in-kind and/or other material resources to the full application having regard to the total cost of the proposed Centre and the relative contribution of any Chief Investigators or Partner Investigator(s) at the organisation. We do not specify the type or level of contribution.
4.7.                  The application may nominate one