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ARC Linkage Projects

LINKAGE PROJECTS
The Linkage Projects scheme supports collaborative research and development projects between higher education organisations and other organisations, including within industry, to enable the application of advanced knowledge to problems. Typically, research projects funded under the scheme involve risk. Proposals for funding under Linkage Projects must involve a Partner Organisation from outside the higher education sector. The Partner Organisation must make a significant contribution in cash and/or in kind, to the project that is equal to, or greater than, the ARC funding.

All applicants are advised to read and understand the Linkage project funding and other relevant material from the ARC website . If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your Grant Contract Officer. Please notify the Research Support Office of your intent to submit a Linkage Project application.


KEY DATES

ROUND 1 2010
Eligibility Exemption Closing Date - TBA
Expression of Interest to be entered into IRMA - TBA
Internal closing date for panel review - TBA
Final Version of Application - TBA
ARC closing date - May 2010

ROUND 2 2009
Eligibility exemption closing date - 14 October 2009
Expression of Interest to be entered into IRMA - Closed
Internal Review - 14 October 2009
Final version of application -11 November 2009
ARC closing - 18 November 2009


INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS

1. Intent to submit a linkage application must be done via the coversheet in IRMA by Wednesday, 30th September 2009.

   Once coversheet is complete an automatic email will go out to the Research Office Support team notifying them of your intent to submit.    One of the Research Support team will be in touch to discuss the internal process and help with the preliminary requirements of setting up your application in the ARC Research Management System (RMS)

The Research Support Office team will also at this point check the eligibility of the proposal.

 The Research Institute Director (RID) and School Deans will also be notified of your  intent to submit a Linkage Project. The RID and School Dean will work with applicants to optimise applications and provide specialised assistance if appropriate.  They will also be e assessing the feasibility of resource, infrastructure and strategic alignment of this application.

2. A draft copy of sections listed below must be submitted to your relevant RID for internal review by Wednesday, 14th October 2009

The following sections must be completed on the ARC RMS and provided as a single PDF file by email to Ashleigh Ninnes, RIDs Assistant at A.Ninnes@murdoch.edu.au and Kellie O’Toole, Manager, Research Support at K.OToole@murdoch.edu.au .  The RMS system will generate a PDF file by clicking the ‘Create PDF for this proposal’ link .  Please name the PDF as follows:  surnameLP*******

The RIDs will need a near complete version of:

Part A - Administrative Summary
Part C - Project Description
Part D - Project Cost – A copy of this should also be sent to the Research Support Officer in the Business Support team in your area

Less complete versions of the following sections is acceptable
Part B -  Classifications and Other Statistical Information
Part E – Justifications of funding
Part F – Personnel
        In Particular Sections F13, F14, F15, F16 & F17
Part G - Partner Organisation Details -  in particular section G5 letter of commitment
Part H – Research Support
Part I  - Statements on Progress
Part J – Additional Details

Where incomplete sections are submitted to RIDs for review the drafts must include statements of a coherent plan to complete those sections.
         For example
                “Track record details for PI J.Bloggs requested by email on dd/mm/yyy”
                “letter of commitment from Industry requested on dd/mm/yyy ”

Applications that are deemed as a priority for strategic purposes and meet the deadlines may be eligible for Murdoch cash contributions from strategic research funds.  All Requests for support MUST be included in the draft Part D submitted by Wednesday, 14th October 2009 for consideration by the RIDS and DVCR.  

3. The final version of the PDF must be generated on the RMS and the online application submitted the Research Office by COB Wednesday, 11th  November 2009 for final compliance checks and submission to the ARC.   To submit the online application to the Research Office please click on ‘Submit Proposal to Research Office’ and notify the office when this has been done.  Applications arriving after this date will not be considered for submission unless there is an accompanying recommendation to this effect from the relevant Research Institute Director.

Research Institute Directors - Contact List

Staff members outside of Institutes
Where a staff member is not a member of an Institute the relevant School Dean (or a senior researcher nominated by the School Dean) will perform the role of the Research Institute Director.


INTERNAL SUBMISSION PROCESS

For more information on Murdoch's Submission process, go to the Grant Administration page.


RESEARCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (RMS) INFORMATION

All ARC applications must be submitted via the RMS.  Enter your RMS User ID and password in the fields provided to log on.  Contact Research Support for assistance with RMS.

What is RMS?
RMS allows researchers requesting funding under the ARC National Competitive Grants Program to prepare and submit proposals electronically via the internet.
Each proposal is completed by researchers and consists of an electronic document generated from a combination of data entered directly into the proposal form, and PDF documents attached to the proposal form, in RMS. 

All RMS users must have an RMS User Account; each account has a single RMS User ID and password.  RMS Users must have a current email address and maintain their email address details in RMS.  Users can apply online through RMS, however users associated with an Australian University will have their User Account requests validated by their Research Office, and should discuss their account request with the Research Office prior to submitting the online request.