Year of Application Problem/ Topic: Total number of sheets contained in this application PART A—ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY A1 NAME OF THE CONSULTING COMPANY: A2 SUMMARY OF APPLICANT Chief Consultant (CC) and Partner Consultant (PC). Participant details are sought in Part B. Person number Family name Initials Organisation Role (CI/EI) ECR 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 A3.1 Years Year/s for which funding is sought A4 PROJECT TITLE Provide a short descriptive title of no more than 14 words. A5 PROJECT SUMMARY In no more than 750 characters including spaces (approx 100 words) of plain language, summarise aims, significance and expected outcomes. A8 CERTIFICATION Completing this section is the responsibility of the applicant, who must obtain the required signature(s) before submitting the application. Investigator(s) Project Title PART B—PERSONNEL Part B must be completed for each participant listed in Section A2 Please do not change the format of this page. B1 PERSON NUMBER as listed in A2 B2 DETAILS Role (CI or EI) Time Commitment (days per month) (minimum 3 days if CI) Name and personal details Family name Given name Title Email Phone Fax Organisation postal address Organisation Postal address line 1 Postal address line 2 Locality State Postcode Country B3 QUALIFICATIONS B3.1 Highest academic qualification Type (eg PhD) Discipline/Field Country Institution Year Awarded (or) Date thesis submitted – actual or expected B3.2 Other qualifications (recent to past) Degree/Award Year Discipline/Field Institution and country Please add extra rows if required. B4 ACADEMIC, RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE List current and previous appointment(s)/position(s)—covering a maximum of the past 10 years (current to past) Position held Institution/Organisation Department Year appointed and status Please add extra rows if required. PART C—PROJECT COST Costs should be quoted exclusive of the GST. C1 BUDGET DETAILS C1.1 YEAR Column 1 2 3 4 Source of funds DFAT Other partner/s Total DIRECT COSTS Personnel (Salaries + On-costs) Total Personnel Research/ training etc. Total Design and research Equipment $ Total Equipment Maintenance Total Maintenance Travel Total Travel TOTAL DIRECT COSTS Please copy table for multiple year of funding requested. PART D—RESEARCH SUPPORT D1 RESEARCH SUPPORT Provide details for all participants listed in Section A2— • Support types (Sup type) are ‘C’ for current support, ‘R’ for requested support for 2006 and beyond, ‘P’ for past support. • Asterisk (*) any support related to this project. • The current proposal must be listed first as ‘R’ under ‘Sup type’. Description (All named investigators on any grant held by a participant; project title, funding body, scheme) (*) Sup type (C, R or P) Funding Body Project ID (if known) Current year - 2 ($’000) Current year - 1 ($’000) Current year ($’000) Current year + 1 ($’000) Please add extra rows if required. D2 REPORTS ON GRANTS Include with your application a report detailing progress for each project held by any of the applicants who received funds in the previous two years under DFAT Grant scheme. Write no more than one page for each grant. PART E—PROJECT DESCRIPTION Please provide the following information in within fifteen pages and in the required format. The minimum font size is 12 pt. Margins must be a minimum of 2 cm. Arial, Palatino, Times New Roman, Helevetica or Computer Modern Roman (TeX users) are the acceptable font types. (A suitable template is set out on the following page for your use). E1 PROJECT TITLE Use the same title as in Section A4. E2 AIMS AND BACKGROUND • Describe the aims and background of the Proposal. • Include information about national/international progress in this field of research and its relationship to this project proposal. • Refer only to refereed publications that are accessible to the national and international research communities. • Include the rationale for the project, theoretical background, expected impact of the work. For applications which seek funding is related to a proposed or submitted application for other external funding or external grant application, should be clearly indicated in this application. E3 PROJECT PLAN • Describe how the project is significant and how it addresses an important problem. • Describe how the anticipated outcomes will advance the knowledge base of the discipline with novel and innovative aims and concepts. • Outline the conceptual framework or concept and demonstrate that these are well integrated and appropriate to the aims of the Proposal. Include project plans and proposed timelines. • Detail the methodologies or technologies will be used in the project and how they will solve the problem. • Outline the feasibility of the project, in terms of design, budget and proposed timeline. • Describe the expected outcomes and likely impact of the proposed project. • Describe how the Proposal might result in national economic, environment and/or social benefits. • If the project has been nominated as focussing upon a topic or outcome that falls within one of the National Research Priorities, describe the potential for the project to contribute to the associated Priority Goals. E4 APPROACH AND TRAINING • Outline the conceptual framework, design, methods and analyses and demonstrate that these are adequately developed, well integrated and appropriate to the aims of the Project. Include research plan and proposed timelines. • Demonstrate how the project provides research training and show how the intellectual content and scale of the work proposed will be appropriate to this call, if relevant. E5 ROLE OF PERSONNEL • Summarise the role, responsibilities and contributions of each Chief Consultant (CC) and Partner consultant (PC). • Summarise the roles and levels of involvement of other Participants, for example, technical staff, industry partner/s and other personnel. E6 PARTNER ORGANISATION COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION (MATCHING GRANTS ONLY) • Evidence that each Partner Organisation is genuinely committed to, and prepared to collaborate in, the Project. • Make clear how the Partner Organisation(s) is involved in the Project, how the Proposal fits into the Partner Organisation(s) overall strategic plan and how the Proposal is of value to the Partner Organisation(s). • Explain how the project is likely to lead to further collaboration between the Partner Organisation(s) and the Administering Organisation, and to develop long-term alliances. E7 JUSTIFICATION OF THE BUDGET Argue a case for each item requested. Clearly indicate where additional funds provided by another source or partner organisation/s. E8 REFERENCES Include a list of all references within the page limit of fifteen pages.