ARC DISCOVERY PROJECTS - COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST
CLOSING DATE
FINAL APPLICATIONS TOGETHER WITH THE SIGNED CERTIFICATION PAGE AND THE
OFFICE FOR RESEARCH COVERSHEET is due in the Office for Research no later than 12.00
NOON, WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY, 2016.
PLEASE NOTE that NO further extensions will be given for applications beyond this date. If the
Office for Research does not receive the application together with the signed Certification Page and
Office for Research Coversheet by this due date, the application may not be submitted to the ARC.
GENERAL COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL TEXT (UPLOADED IN
PDF FORM) MUST BE AS FOLLOWS:
Black type;
single column;
white A4 size paper with at least 0.5 cm margin on each side and at top and bottom.
The text MUST be size 12 Times New Roman or an equivalent size BEFORE converting to PDF
format and must be legible to assessors. Otherwise, a highly legible font type must be used: ARIAL,
COURIER, PALATINO, and HELVETICA subject to them being an equivalent sized font to 12 point
Times New Roman, only references can be in 10 fonts. Please refer to page 32 of the “Instructions to
Applicants” for further information.
IMPORTANT - If the ARC considers that a Proposal is incomplete, inaccurate or contains false
or misleading information, the ARC may in its absolute discretion decide to recommend that
the Proposal not be approved for funding.
CHECK LIST
Tick each
section as
completed
A1 –Proposal Working Title – this
title may be modified and used
for public release
A2– Person Participant Summary
A3 – Organisation Participant
Summary
A4 – Proposal Summary
A5 – Impact Statement
B1 – Science and Research
Priorities
B2 – FOR
B3 – SEO
B4 – Interdisciplinary research
No more than 75 characters (approximately 10
words). Avoid using acronyms, quotation marks
and do not use all Upper case
Please ensure that you list all CIs and PIs that meet
the eligibility and general requirements of their role
on the project. Please refer to the Funding Rules.
This is auto populated, ensure it appears in the final
version of the application.
No more than 750 words (approximately 100
words) focusing on the aims, significance and
expected outcomes and benefits of the Project.
No more than 500 characters (approximately 75
words) – outline the intended impact of the
project.
Please ensure that you answer this question Yes or
No, if Yes, select from list
FOR must add up to 100% - you can select up to 3
– priorities from highest to lowest
SEO must add up to 100% - you can select up to 3
– priorities from highest to lowest
Please ensure that you answer this question Yes or
No, if Yes there are a further 2 questions to provide
a response to.
B5 – International Collaboration
B6 – International collaboration
activities
B7 – International collaboration
Country
B8 – PhD Stipends
C1 – Project Description
List country or countries of researcher and/or other
parties who will collaborate on this Proposal
This question must be answered if the answer to B5
is Yes.
that you answer this question Yes or No, if Yes,
select from list
If you are requesting PhD stipend/s please record
the number you will be requesting in Part D of the
budget
No more than 10 A4 pages and required in the
following format:
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C2 & C3 – Medical and Dental
Research
D1 – Budget
Project Title
Aims and Background
Research Project
Role of Personnel
Project Research Environment
Communication of Results
Management of Data
References
Please refer to pages 11-13 of the “Instructions to
Applicants”
Please read the ARC Medical Policy and the
Examples that are provided on the ARC website
before providing a response to this question.
See pages 13-18 of the “Instructions to Applicants”
Please do not commence entering information in the
budget table until all participants and all
organisations have been requested and have
subsequently confirmed their participation on the
proposed project.
Please ensure that you create a budget page for
each year of funding
E1 Justification of funding
requested from the ARC
E2 Justification of non-ARC
contributions
F1-F12 CI and PI Personal
Details
Put requested items under the correct head of
expenditure; ensure that you are aware of
limitations to particular budget item requests
You must provide a justification for each item you
are requesting from the ARC as outlined in Part D of
the budget – see page 18 of the “Instructions to
Applicants” – page limit is no more than 5 A4
pages. Use the same headings as in the
Description column in the budget at Part D. It is
extremely important that you read carefully pages
17-18 of the “Instructions to Applicants”
You must provide details of how non-ARC
contributions will support the project as outlined in
Part D of the budget – see page 18 “Instructions to
Applicants” limit is 2 A4 pages. Use the same
headings as in the Description column in the budget
at Part D
Ensure that each CI and PI has populated their
Personal Profile section in RMS, the details in the
Personal Profile will be auto-generated into the
relevant sections of the application for each
question where this information is required.
IMPORTANT
F13 ROPE
Section 1 – Each CI and PI must provide a list of
research outputs under the following six categories.
Use asterisks to identify research outputs relevant
to the proposed proposal.
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Scholarly books
Edited research books, including
prestigious reference works New
Scholarly book chapters
Refereed journal articles – include HDI
for each journal
Refereed conference papers only when
the paper was published in full in the
proceedings; and
Other including non-traditional research
outputs New definition for this category
Section 2 of the question – Each CI and PI must
provide details of any ARC grants awarded in the
last ten years for which you have been listed either
as a CI, PI or Fellow using the template outlined on
page 23 – “Instructions to Applicants”, see template.
F14 ROPE (Ten career-best
research outputs – since 2005)
F15 – ROPE Further evidence
F16 Currently held ARC Projects
G1 Research Support
G2 Statement of Progress of
ARC funded project
No more than 20 A4 pages
Ensure that this section is no more than 5 A4
pages
If this question is not relevant to a participant, for
example a PI with non-academic background, the
participant should include a short explanatory
statement as to why the question is not applicable to
their background and role, or include any relevant
information (for example, relevant consultancies,
policy advice, and other professional activities).
Complete question. If this question is not relevant to
a participant, for example a PI with non-academic
background, the participant should include a short
explanatory statement as to why the question is not
applicable to their background and role, or include
any relevant information (for example, relevant
outputs such as policy advice, and other
professional publications).
Check that the information that is auto populated
here is correct
There is now 2 parts to this question, one relates to
ARC proposals and other relates to Non-ARC
sources. Templates have been provided on page
26 “Instructions to Applicants”. This information is
to be provided in two separate tables one ARC the
other non-ARC
Ensure that all progress reports listed in F16 are
provided, including ARC reports of which the final
report has not yet been submitted to the ARC at the
time of submission of the proposal for all CI’ or PI
involved on any ARC project.