ARC Discovery Project (DP) Support for Newcastle Chief Investigators

Funding will be targeted and released over the course of the development of the Discovery Grant application. The aim is to ensure high quality, competitive grant applications. There will a number of stages, the completion of which will enable funding to be provided to the Lead CI for the ongoing development of the grant application. Specifically, non-attendance at a Workshop means that the funding for that Workshop will not be made available. For colleagues who are overseas for SSP or other approved Faculty business or are required to teach when a Workshop is scheduled then the prior submission of the relevant paperwork for that Workshop will be deemed as an attendance and hence will earn the funding arising from that Workshop. Note that funding levels differ for teams and solo applications: Applications involving teams with two or more CIs = $12,000; and Solo CI Applications = $7,000.

1. Call for Expression of Interest (April)
   Funding: Teams = $500 per Lead CI; Solo CI = $500
2. Synopsis Workshop (June 25) - NB: Synopsis Submission due, 5.00 pm 8. June.
   Funding: Teams = $4,500 per Lead CI; Solo CI = $2,625.
3. Track Record and Personnel Data Workshop (Thursday 19 July)
   Funding: $3,000 per Lead CI; Solo CI = $1,750.
4. Method/theoretical framework workshop (August).
   Funding: $3,000 per Lead CI; Solo CI = $1,750.
5. Budget Workshop (October): No funding attached to this Workshop.
6. Review of full working draft (late November)
   Funding: $1,000 per Lead CI; Solo CI = $375.
7. Submission of application in Feb 2013 by deadlines for reviewing as set by the University's Research Branch will result in bonus funding - for each FBL CI submitting or participating in a grant application: $2,000 for use in continuing the development of their individual research agenda.

The following rules apply.

• All applications must go through the development process described above unless explicit exemption from one or more of the workshops is granted by the ADR.
• All grant applications must be peer reviewed by the Faculty's paid external research grant consultant (or other suitably qualified grant reviewer as approved by the ADR).
• In normal circumstances applications that have not made use of the development and review process will not be supported by the Faculty (and hence will not be accepted by the Research Office for submission to the ARC).
• Senior researchers with established ARC track records may apply to the ADR for exemption from one or more of the above conditions.