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Guidelines
• Budget allocation: One to two-year funding to support the purchase of equipment or research
infrastructure.
• Eligibility: Applicants must be balanced or research academic staff members or hold academic
status at Flinders University.
• Responsibility: Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
• Call for applications: Colleges are required to distribute a call to all College staff for applications
and assess applications prior to submitting a prioritised list to the DVCR for consideration.
• Funding: Determined on a case by case basis depending on the cost of the
equipment/infrastructure. Co-investment from the College may be required and will be negotiated
on a case by case basis.
Funding will be transferred in arrears following expenditure and must be fully expended before 31
December 2022. Unspent funds will not be carried forward.
• Administration of funding: Relevant College.
Applications must be assessed and prioritised through the College Research Committees and
submitted by Monday 18 October 2021 with:
1. a description of the asset required, and the capability it will support, for example, external
competitive-funded research projects/contracts, research outputs, commercialisation capabilities,
post-doctoral fellowships, HDR students, global collaboration, industry partnerships etc.;
2. an outline of the purpose and significance of the asset;
3. the cost of the asset and an indication of quotes obtained, verifying the anticipated cost;
4. any planned applications for external funding for the asset through, for example, the ARC Linkage
Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant scheme;
5. an indication of any funding contribution from the College via a co-investment;
6. the proposed users, outlining any arrangements for multi-user access and capacity for a user-pay
service by external users;
7. confirmation that technical staff with appropriate expertise are available to maintain the asset;
8. the proposed location of the asset and assurance that any refurbishment and support
requirements (air quality, quarantine, licenses, training, new staff, etc) to accommodate and
manage the item have been budgeted by the College in liaison with Planning, Facilities and
Development and Research, Development and Support and assurance that any data storage
requirements (including costs) have been agreed with Information Data Services;
9. the capacity of the College to provide ongoing technical support for the asset;
10. confirmation that no suitable equipment is available, or accessible elsewhere within Flinders or
accessible locally within the State or elsewhere under reasonable circumstances;
11. the estimated time from order to delivery of the equipment.
Note that the procurement of the funded assets will require compliance with the University’s Tender
for Goods and Services Policy at:
https://www.flinders.edu.au/content/dam/documents/staff/policies/fees-finance/tender-for-goods-and-
services.pdf. Advice can be obtained from: procurement@flinders.edu.au.
