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About the Scheme 

The ARC 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 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 as per the requirements outlined in the Funding Rules.

This scheme offers funding for postgraduate awards and fellowships to provide industry-oriented research training and enable postdoctoral researchers to pursue internationally competitive research opportunities in collaboration with industry.

The objectives of Linkage Projects are to:

• encourage and develop long-term strategic research alliances between higher education organisations and other organisations, including industry and end-users, in order to apply advanced knowledge to problems and/or to provide opportunities to obtain national economic, social or cultural benefits;
• enhance the scale and focus of research in National Research Priorities;
• foster opportunities for postdoctoral researchers to pursue internationally competitive research in collaboration with organisations outside the higher education sector, targeting those who have demonstrated a clear commitment to high-quality research;
• provide outcome-oriented research training to prepare high-calibre postgraduate research students; and
• produce a national pool of world-class researchers to meet the needs of the broader Australian innovation system

Closing Dates - Round 2 (for funding in July 2012)

Eligibility Exemptions: Friday 23 September 2011 

How to Apply: Step by step instructions for UQ applicants

Download the UQ Application Preparation Guide, by following this link, for detailed step-by-step instructions.

UQ Application Preparation Guide (updated 27 September 2011)

• Step 1: Join the UQ ARC Updates Mailing List
• Step 2: Submit Eligibility Exemption Requests (if required)
• Step 3: Familiarise yourself with the key documentation
• Step 4: Ensure intended Proposal Participants have access to RMS
• Step 5: Ensure Personal Details are correct in RMS
• Step 6: Complete the Application in RMS
• Step 7: Submit by the Internal Deadline
• Step 8: Final submission after R&ID review

Please subscribe to the UQ ARC Updates Mailing List by following this link: http://www.uq.edu.au/research/rid/mailing-lists. Official announcements and updates regarding the scheme will be sent via the mailing list. Information regarding available training sessions is also distributed via this mailer.

If you are applying to the scheme through UQ, but are not currently a UQ staff member, please send an email to grants-manager@research.uq.edu.au and request to be added to the scheme specific mailing list.

Useful Documentation

Information Packages for Partner Organisations

• Information Brochure for potential Partner Organisations
• Partner Organisation Template Letter

ARC Application Documentation

• Funding Rules
• Eligibility Exemption and Advice
• Instructions to applicants
• Sample Application Form
• Request not to assess
• Classification Codes – FOR, RFCD, SEO and ANZSIC

UQ Application Documentation

• ARC Linkage Projects (Round 1) Information Session (.ppt )
•  ARC Linkage Projects (Round 2) Information Session (.ppt)
•  Indicative UQ Salary Scale - Indicative Rates for 2012 (.xls)
• UQ Templates and Instruction (staff login required)

Further Information

Should you require any further information please contact Nicole Shively, Round Coordinator for Linkage Projects, grants-manager@research.uq.edu.au or 336 53571 .