Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities for funding commencing in 2020

Overview

The Linkage Program promotes national and international research partnerships between researchers and business, industry, community organisations and other publicly funded research agencies. By supporting the development of partnerships, the ARC encourages the transfer of skills, knowledge and ideas as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research. The Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) grant opportunity provides funding for research infrastructure, equipment and facilities to Eligible Organisations. It enables researchers to participate in cooperative initiatives so that expensive research infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared between higher education organisations and also with Industry. The scheme also fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of international or national research facilities. LIEF grant applications are accepted once a year. The minimum level of funding provided by the ARC is $150,000 per year. The objectives of the LIEF grant opportunity are to: encourage Eligible Organisations to develop collaborative arrangements with other Eligible Organisations and/or Partner Organisations to develop and support research infrastructure; support large-scale national or international cooperative initiatives allowing expensive research infrastructure to be shared and/or accessed; support areas of existing and/or emerging research strength; and support and develop research infrastructure for the broader research community.