ACCESS TO MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITES PROGRAMME

APPLICATION FOR SUPPORT

The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) receives funding from the Department of Education Science and Training (DEST) to deliver the Access to Major Research Facilities Programme (AMRFP) element of the International Science Linkages (ISL) Programme, which is a part of Government’s Innovation Statement: Backing Australia’s Ability - Building Our Future through Science and Innovation.

The AMRFP supports travel to access a major research facility not available in Australia or to attend overseas strategic planning meetings to secure access to a major research facility. The objectives of AMRF are to:

(a)Increase the uptake of leading-edge science and technology through

  • increased participation by Australian researchers and industry in strategically focused, leading edge, international science, engineering and technology
  • increased strategic alliances between Australian and overseas researchers and industry; and

(b)Contribute to the Federal government’s industry development and economic growth objectives by increased researcher participation in global science and technology.

Before completing this application, applicants should read the AMRFP Application Conditions.

Please complete this application and forward to Ms Lara Pilley with the requested documents to the address provided below.

Ms Lara Pilley
Access to Major Research Facility Program
Building 87, ANSTO
Private Mail Bag 1
Menai NSW 2234
Tel: 02 9717 9623 Fax: 02 9717 3606

E-mail:

Application for Support for Access to Major Research Facilities (AMRF) Programme

1.Participants Contact Details:

Please provide details of all staff to be funded

Applicant / Researcher 2 / Researcher 3 / Researcher 4
Title
Name
Position
Organisation
Address
Phone number
Fax number
E-mail
Early Career Researcher*
Attending Experiment

*less than 5 years since graduation

2.Nature of the Proposed Activity

Is the funding being sought to:

Access a major research facility
Attend a strategic planning meeting to secure access to a major research facility not available in Australia for a specific experiment/project?
Attend a strategic planning meeting where a research project has previously received support under the AMRF scheme, to meet with the other registered members of an international consortium to discuss the outcomes from the experiment and agree upon future activities and milestones?

3.Activity Details

Project Title
Brief Description of the Project
Does this application form a critical part of a graduate thesis?
If yes, please provide student’s name:
Start Date
Duration

4.Funding (in AU$) sought from AMRF Programme in support of this project:

Component of Funding / Amount / Comment (Optional)
Airfares/ Departure Taxes / $
Accommodation / $
Meals / $
Local Travel at Destination / $
Car Hire and Related Expenses / $
Total: / $

Note: Maximum grant available is $12,000 for any one visit.

5.Facility Approval

If your application is for access to a major research facility, have you been granted access to use the facility proposed? (Please attach evidence of this to the application form)

6.Facility Details

If your application is for support to access a major research facility or strategic planning meeting to secure access to a major research facility, please provide details of the facility to be visited.

Instrument
Facility
Institution
Location
Additional Information

7.Reasons for Access

If you are seeking support to access a major research facility or for a strategic planning meeting aimed at securing access to a major research facility, please explain the following:

Why you need to have access to the facility in question?

Why you cannot use equipment or facilities available in Australia?

Why you cannot remotely access the overseas research facility from Australia?

8.Strategic Planning Meetings

If the purpose of the strategic planning meeting is to secure access to a major research facility please indicate how your participation in the meeting is expected to secure access?

9.Strategic Planning Meetings

If the purpose of the strategic planning meeting is to meet with the other registered members of an international consortium to discuss the outcomes from an experiment which had previously received support under AMRFP, please provide a detailed description of the outcomes you will be seeking from the meeting.

10.Strategic Planning Meetings

If you are seeking support to attend a strategic planning meeting, please provide evidence that clearly indicates all alternatives to traveling to the meeting have been explored, and are not possible. These alternatives could include:

Having the meeting in conjunction with a visit to the facility or;

Having the meeting in Australia or;

Using other means of communication such as the internet or teleconferencing.

11.Current Funding

Please provide details of any ongoing funding support for this proposal (either through internal funding from your organisation, or from external agencies such as ARC and NH&MRC). Please give detail below and attach evidence of this to the application form (eg first page from of ARC grant, letter from head of school or department etc. )

12.Legal Obligations to Other Bodies

Is any of the work proposed in this application, or any related to it, the subject of a legal agreement you or your organisation have with any other organisation or individual, as regards your freedom to undertake the proposed work or to disclose the results of the work? Please give details below.

13.Expected Outcomes

Please list the anticipated outcomes from this visit, indicating how they contribute to the objectives of the International Science Linkages program as listed in the Application Conditions for AMRF.

14.Industry Participation

Please indicate if there is any industry participation in the research project with which this visit is associated and briefly discuss the extent and nature of industry participation.

15.Commercial Value

Are any of the expected results of the proposed work likely to have commercial value? Please give details.

16.Commercial Value

If the answer to 15 is affirmative, have you reached agreement with your overseas collaborators on the legal rights to the intellectual property which might arise from the work, or which may be contributed to joint activities? Please give details.

17.Signature of Applicant

I declare that the information provided in this application is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. In the event of this application for support being successful, I agree to provide to the Access to Major Research Facilities Program a report on the outcome of my visit and a statement acquitting the funds provided within 30 days of the activity, and that this report may be used as the basis for public reporting by the Programme

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Signed / Name / Date

18.Endorsement of proposal by head of organisation of the principal Australian Organisation

Can include Vice Chancellor, Division Head, Managing Director etc.

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Signed / Name / Position / Date

The applicant organisation agrees in making this submission that it shall indemnify and keep indemnified ANSTO, its officers, employees, servants and agents from and against all actions, proceedings, suits, claims and demands whatsoever which may be brought or made against ANSTO, its officers, employees, servants or agents by any person for or in respect of any physical injury to any person (including death) or loss of or damage to any property arising out of or as a consequence of any act or omission (including negligence) of the applicant organisation, its officers, employees, servants, sub-contractors or agents in the course of, or incidental to the Project, and also from any costs and expenses that may be incurred in connection with any such action, proceeding, suit, claim or demand.

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