The ARC has considered the impact of a change in the recent guidelines for Discovery and Linkage where the Chief Investigator – Project Leader cannot be an honorary academic appointment. Following the consideration of feedback and advice, the ARC has amended the policy setting to allow for a researcher to lead a project as an honorary academic if the Administering Organisation confirms that they have appropriate arrangements in place to manage their governance risks. Appropriate management of governance risk for the Administering Organisation was the intent of the change - therefore, where a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) (or equivalent) is able to manage and accept that risk, this criteria will be considered to be met.
