INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS
Applying for Project Funding
In 2QFY19/20 the Blue Economy CRC (BE CRC) will call for Scoping Study Projects and General Projects across its five integrated user-defined research programs.
These project proposals will be developed and assessed in a two-stage process that includes an Expression of Interest (EoI) stage and a Full Project Application stage.
Blue Economy CRC (BE CRC / the Company) has created a Research Executive that includes the Research Director, the Program and Deputy Program Leaders. The Research Executive will provide guidance to project applicants to prepare EoI and full proposals which will be considered successively by the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC).
Those projects that secure the endorsement of those committees will be recommended to the BE CRC Board for funding.
The process described below includes the application submission, review and selection process for proposals submitted to the Blue Economy CRC (BE CRC) for funding.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS
Projects will be ranked in accordance with the relevant assessor’s view of the project’s ability to address (in no particular order) the following criteria:
- Compliance with application guidelines;
- The contribution to the achievement of BE CRC Milestone outputs as defined in the Grant Agreement between the Company and the Commonwealth;
- Scientific excellence;
- Extent of cross-disciplinary approaches and research innovation;
- Capability and track-record of project members;
- Cost-effective use of a project participants in-kind (staff and non-staff) contributions;
- Overall value for money;
- Feasibility and risk management;
- Alignment with end-user goals;
- Project outputs expected.
- The scope of opportunity for early career researcher (ECR) and higher degree by research (HDR) training;
- Identification of utilisation agent(s) and high-level utilisation plans that consider the likelihood of successful commercialisation and the size of the market opportunity
- Compliance with BE CRC’s expectation for inclusion, diversity and equity across the project;
- Compliance with integrity, ethics and work health and safety (WH&S) requirements.
OTHER TERMS & CONDITIONS
The terms and conditions that research providers are responsible for in this project call include:
- Make any recommended changes to projects as reasonably requested by the BE CRC.
- Adhere to the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research.
- Adhere to the BE CRC Data Management and Security Policy and Procedures.
- Obtain prior approvals and secure access to required research facilities.
- Deliver research outputs and outcomes on time and to budget.
- Analyse and report all project data generated.
- Identify and report all Intellectual Property (IP) and commercialisation potential.
- Inform BE CRC of any project delays or variations required as soon as reasonably possible.
KEY DATES
Closing Date for Expressions of Interest for Scoping Studies:
5PM AEST Friday 29 November 2019. Confirmation of your submission will be provided.
Closing Date for Expressions of Interest for General Projects:
5PM AEST Friday 14 February 2020. Confirmation of your submission will be provided.