Research Management System Creating and submitting Proposals Contents
Research Management System Creating and submitting Proposals
Contents • Proposal creation and management • Proposal submission • Pre-Submission Eligibility Exemption/Advice Requests • Funding Rules and Instructions • Key dates
Proposals Overview • Fully electronic (no collation of paper, no postage) • Approval and certification process through RO delegate will be conducted in the system • Standardised where possible • PDF can be created at any time • No updates possible after submission to ARC
Form Parts • • • More, smaller form parts One form part per page Save as you go Invalid data can be saved (but not submitted) Validation errors displayed on relevant page/section • Pre-populated where possible (eg contact details)
Creating and submitting proposals • User creates and saves draft proposal – Proposal name (identifier for participant and administering organisation) – Structured data such as title, abstract etc to be typed in – Data such as description of research will be attached by originator or editor in PDF format
Including other participants • People – Enter surname and person id (NOT RMS User id) – If match found details entered in table and email sent to invited participant – Invited participant accepts via RMS, details are loaded – Invited participant rejects, details are not loaded – Originator grants edit/view rights to other participants (including right to allocate rights to others, if desired) • Organisations – Don’t need to accept – Certification letters attached as PDFs
Budget • Better tracking of items throughout lifecycle • Totals calculated automatically • Validation included where possible • Can add unnamed participants, fellows, etc.
Submission Process • Current proposal status shows in proposals table, and in blue field at top of proposal • Proposal owner can submit to RO once proposal is complete and valid • RO can de-submit to owner, or submit to ARC (after certification)
Certification • RO Staff can view proposals; however only RO Delegate can certify and submit a proposal • RO Delegate must agree to certification for each proposal in order to submit to ARC • Once submitted to ARC, proposal can be viewed but no longer edited
Pre-Submission Eligibility Exemption/Advice Requests • Usually relate to eligibility of investigators, fellowship candidates, organisations, and/or medical and dental research • Detailed instructions and pro formas – http: //www. arc. gov. au/ncgp/lp/lp_eligibility. htm – http: //www. arc. gov. au/ncgp/dird_eligibility. htm • Single issue per request • Submit using the specified pro forma type
Pre-Submission Eligibility Exemption/Advice Requests • Merge completed form with supporting documentation • Upload this as a single PDF to RMS • Create Eligibility Issue (NB this will submit to Research Office – no draft) • RO can submit to ARC or de-submit to researcher
Main Changes to LP Funding Rules • Employment-related eligibility criterion for CIs changed to “at least 50 per cent (0. 5 Full Time Equivalent) of her/his time” • Partner Organisation contributions are now expressed as a percentage of total ARC request • AIATSIS is an eligible organisation
Main Changes to LIEF Funding Rules • Investigators are no longer eligible to be CIs and PIs if they are only casual, intermittent and/or occasional users • First named CI must have a demonstrated capacity to manage the purchase, upgrading, construction, transportation, installation and maintenance and/or access • Changes to ‘Restriction on budget items’
Main Changes to DIRD Funding Rules • Introduction of the Australian Research Fellowship – Indigenous • Maximum limit of: – $200, 000 total over life of project where the Proposal does not contain an Australian Research Fellowship – Indigenous – $400, 000 total over life of project where the Proposal contains an Australian Research Fellowship – Indigenous
Instructions to Applicants • Instructions to Applicants for LP and DIRD are available at http: //www. arc. gov. au/applicants/instructions. htm. LIEF will be available shortly. • For further assistance with scheme matters, contact: – LP: ARC-Linkage. Projects@arc. gov. au – DIRD: ARC-Discovery. Projects@arc. gov. au – LIEF: ARCLinkage. Infrastructure. Equipmentand. Facilities@arc. gov. au
Key Dates Linkage Projects Round 1 2010: – Pre-Submission Eligibility Exemption/Advice Requests close 15 April 2009 – Proposal Submissions close 13 May 2009
Key Dates Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities 2010: – Proposal Submissions close 20 May 2009 – Proposals Submissions open shortly
Key Dates Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development 2010: – Pre-Submission Eligibility Exemption/Advice Requests close 3 April 2009 – Proposal Submissions close 13 May 2009
RMS Contacts at Uni. SA • Business Brianne Hastie, email Brianne. Hastie@unisa. edu. au Ashley Taylor, email Ashley. Taylor@unisa. edu. au Jie Shen, email Jie. Shen@unisa. edu. au • EAS Lyn Browning, email Lyn. Browning@unisa. edu. au Louise Barnes, email Louise. Barnes@unisa. edu. au • ITEE Brenton Hughes, email Brenton. Hughes@unisa. edu. au Bec Schwartz, email bec. schwartz@unisa. edu. au • HSC Chris Moylan, email Chris. Moylan@unisa. edu. au Madeleine Mallee, email Madeleine. Mallee@unisa. edu. au • IWRI Terry. Wilks@unisa. edu. au • ITR Sandy Sherry, email Sandy. Sherry@unisa. edu. au • RIS RMS enquiries can also be directed to Melissa. Alagich@unisa. edu. au
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