Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO973

The objectives of the LIEF scheme are to:

• encourage Eligible Organisations to develop collaborative arrangements with other Eligible Organisations and/or Partner Organisations to develop and support research infrastructure;
• support large-scale national or international cooperative initiatives allowing expensive research infrastructure to be shared and/or accessed;
• support areas of existing and/or emerging research strength; and
• support and develop research infrastructure for the broader research community.

A Proposal may only be submitted through the Research Office of an Eligible Organisation listed in the relevant Funding Rules. 

Eligibility Criteria for Participants

All CIs and PIs named in a Proposal must satisfy the eligibility criteria for the role they are to perform as at the scheme-specific Commencement Date and for the duration of the Project. 

Roles that may be nominated in a Proposal are: 

• Chief Investigator (CI) 
• Partner Investigator (PI)

The Proposal must nominate at least one CI from an Eligible Organisation. The first named CI must be from the Administrating Organisation and will be the Project Leader.

Proposal Eligibility

Before submitting a Proposal, the LIEF register, available on the ARC website, must be consulted to prevent the unnecessary duplication of research infrastructure, equipment and facilities.

The research infrastructure, where appropriate, will be located at the Administering Organisation and be listed in its assets register, unless otherwise approved by the ARC.

The Proposal must set out, as agreed by each organisation named on the Proposal:

• the terms and conditions of access for participants named on the Proposal;
• the terms and conditions of access for researchers not associated with the Proposal; and
• details of the arrangements and costs of managing the research infrastructure (including any recurrent expenditure) and how any costs will be distributed.

Where it is proposed that the research infrastructure requested is to be located in more than one organisation, the Proposal must demonstrate clearly that:

• the facilities are genuinely integrated and collaborative;
• the items of research infrastructure are complementary; and
• the overall research outcomes will be enhanced by this arrangement.

All LIEF Proposals must have a duration of one year, except as described in subsection E8.1.3 of the Funding Rules.

The Proposal must be submitted as a mature research plan presenting the proposed Project ready for implementation and must contain all the information necessary for its assessment without the need for further written or oral explanation, or reference to additional documentation, unless requested by the ARC.

Administering Organisations must submit Proposals through RMS (rms.arc.gov.au) unless otherwise advised by the ARC.

All Proposals must meet the format and content requirements, including certification, as set out in the RMS online form and the relevant scheme Instructions to Applicants.