Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4993

Training Centres foster close partnerships between university-based researchers and industry, through creating and delivering innovative Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and postdoctoral training. Training Centres are to develop researchers with capability in end user research that is vital to Australia's future. In delivering this training, the Training Centre focuses its researchers on developing solutions relevant to the Industrial Transformation Priorities.

The current Industrial Transformation Priorities are:

• Advanced Manufacturing;
• Cyber Security;
• Food, Beverage and Agribusiness;
• Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals;
• Mining Equipment, Resources Technology and Services, Critical Minerals Processing;
• Oil, Gas and Energy Resources;
• Recycling and Clean Energy;
• Defence; and
• Space.

The objectives of the Industrial Transformation Training Centres grant opportunity are to:

• support HDR candidates and postdoctoral researchers to undertake industrial training;
• support research collaboration between universities and organisations outside the Australian higher education sector; and
• strengthen the capabilities of industry and research end-users in identified Industrial Transformation Priority areas.

An application may only be submitted through the Research Office of an Eligible Organisations listed in the relevant grant guidelines.

All individuals named in an application must satisfy the eligibility criteria for the role they are to perform as at the grant commencement date and for the duration of the project activity period.

Roles that named participants may be nominated for under IC22 are:

• Training Centre Director
• Chief Investigator
• Partner Investigator

Applications must nominate the following named participants to be eligible:

• Training Centre Director, who is an eligible CI from the Administering Organisation
• At least one other CI from the Administering Organisation
• At least one CI from each Other Eligible Organisation
• At least one PI from each Partner Organisation

Applications must include at least one Australian Partner Organisation for a grant. An application may also include additional Partner Organisations, Other Eligible Organisations and Other Organisations.

Funding may be sought for a maximum of five consecutive years.

$5,000,000.00

From $650,000.00 to $1,000,000.00

The Application 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.

Applicants should note the eligibility criteria for access to other funding schemes, as expressed in the Grant Guidelines for those schemes. The ARC reserves the right to change these criteria in future funding rounds. Grant Guidelines for all ARC schemes may be found attached to the relevant Grant Opportunity.

Administering Organisations must submit Applications through RMS unless otherwise advised by the ARC.

All Applications must meet the format and content requirements, including certification, as set out in the RMS online form and in the Industrial Transformation Training Centres Instructions to Applicants. 

All queries by researchers should be directed to the administering organisation of the application.