Industrial Transformation Research Program
The Industrial Transformation Research Program offers two schemes:
Priority areas
The ARC will only consider applications that directly relate to the priority areas. This priority areas for this round are:
- future food storage
- food processing
- manufacturing capabilities
- product opportunities and
- other food-related research
Note that ‘manufacturing capabilities’ and ‘product opportunities’ are restricted to food-related research only.
| IT Research Hubs (ITRH) | IT Training Centres (ITTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Description |
Collaborative research activity between the Australian higher education sector and industry designed to focus on strategic outcomes not independently realisable. |
Close partnerships between university-based researchers and other research end-users to provide innovative Higher Degree by Research (HDR) and postdoctoral training for the end-user focused research industries. |
| Key dates | External closing: 18 December 2012 | External closing: 18 December 2012 |
| Funding | $500k - $1M/year | $600k-$1M/year |
| Duration | One to five years | Three years |
| Contribution Requirements | Combined cash and in-kind contribution must match ARC request. If any Partner Organisation has more than 100 employees, cash contribution must be at least 75% of ARC request. If PO has fewer than 100 employees, there is no minimum cash contribution. |
No matched funding requirement. The proposal must demonstrate sufficient cash and in-kind contributions to support the research projects of the HDR candidates and PDFs. |
| Number expected | Not stated - anticipate very few during each round (i.e., 1-3). Original ARC factsheet suggested a target of 20 hubs to be created over five years. | Anticipate about 10 per competition. ARC plans to fund up to 50 ITTCs over five years. |
| Frequency of Competition | up to four times/year | one per year |
| Team Structure | a. Hub Director plus one Chief Investigator (CI) from Administering Organisation b. At least one CI from each Eligible Org c. at leasst one PI from each Partner Org |
a. Hub Director plus one Chief Investigator (CI) from Administering Organisation b. At least one CI from each Eligible Org c. at leasst one PI from each Partner Org |
| Conflict of Interest | Researcher cannot have financial interest in Partner Organisation | Researcher cannot have financial interest in Partner Organisation |