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AUSTRALIAN FLORA FOUNDATION

RESEARCH GRANTS – CONDITIONS OF AWARD


To be eligible for an Australian Flora Foundation Research Grant a project must first be approved by the Scientific Research Committee of the Foundation. Research Grants are awarded by the Council of the Foundation.

All awards made by the Foundation and grants accepted by the grantee are subject to the following conditions.

DEFINITIONS
'Council' refers to the Council of the Australian Flora Foundation.
'Secretary’ refers to the Secretary of the Council.
‘Grantee’ refers to the principal applicant for the grant for which an award has been made.
‘Institution’ refers to the institution that has accepted the conditions of the award in writing on behalf of the grantee.
‘Responsible officer” refers the administrative head of the institution or their nominee.
‘Intellectual Property’ includes all copyright and all rights in relation to inventions (including patents), registered and unregistered trade marks, registered designs and circuit layouts and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific or artistic fields.
‘ Pre-existing Intellectual Property’ means Intellectual Property Rights in the project:
(a) which were not specifically created as part of the project (this includes pre-existing Intellectual Property Rights of the Institution and Intellectual Property of third parties);and
(b) which is identified in writing to the Council as Background Intellectual Property prior to, or contemporaneously with, its disclosure to the Council or which the Council knew, or should have reasonably known from the circumstances, was Pre-existing Intellectual Property.
‘ Developed Intellectual Property’means Intellectual Property in the project that is not background Intellectual Property

1. GENERAL CONDITIONS

1.1 Grants may be awarded to an individual or through an institution. Where an institution is party to an award the conditions imposed on the responsible officer must be met.

1.2 The award of a grant is subject to receipt by the Secretary of the written acceptance of the grant and the conditions of the award by:
(a) the grantee, or
(b) the responsible officer of the institution.

1.3 The grant shall be used for the approved project in respect of which it is awarded and shall not be used for any other purpose.

1.4 The grant may be terminated by the Council at any time in writing:
(a) if in the opinion of the Council the conditions of the grant are not complied with or the project is not carried out with competence and diligence;
(b) if the circumstances change wherein satisfactory arrangements cannot be made for continuation of the approved project;
(c) on agreement of all parties

1.5 The Council shall have the right to make public details of grants awarded and, after consultation with the grantee, to use information provided in reports required in clause 6 for the promotion of the objectives of the Australian Flora Foundation.


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