Reporting & Agreements

Reporting and Accountability

Annual Report
The Fellow will provide an annual progress report to the AMMC Coordinator following endorsement by the Fellow’s supervisor in the host university/organisation. The report should be emailed to the AMMC Coordinator followed by a signed hard copy at the same time it is provided to the university/organisation supervisor.

Responsibilities

The Fellow and their supervisor will be required to report to the AMMC on project deliverables at intervals necessary to satisfy internal government reporting requirements.
 

Fellowship agreements

The Fellowship agreement will define the term of the Fellow’s involvement in undertaking the project and the reporting requirements of the university/organisation. In exceptional circumstances, there will be some opportunity for negotiation of conditions.

A Sample Funding Agreement is available for information purposes.

Details of the Fellowship awarded will be published on the department's website within 7 days of signing the funding agreement.

Administration of the Fellowship

The award recipient must be undertaking work within a host university department, research institute or other approved institute. The financial administration of the award will be through the appropriate finance office of the organisation.

Intellectual Property and Publication
Intellectual Property Rights in Activity Material vest immediately in the host Organisation (but without affecting the position between the Organisation and a third party).

The Organisation grants to the Commonwealth a permanent, irrevocable, free, world wide, non-exclusive licence (including a right of sub-licence) to use, reproduce, adapt and exploit the Intellectual Property Rights in Activity Material (which includes Research Outputs) and Existing Material for any purpose, including a Commercial purpose.

Further information on Intellectual Property is available on the Sample Funding Agreement, Clause 12.

Financial and Reporting Obligations 
Each Fellowship will be managed as a separate project with its own budget, milestones, and end date.

It is the responsibility of the host university/organisation to ensure that a financial report is provided to AMMC detailing the annual expenditure of funds for the Fellowship.

Publications

Any publications (papers or conference abstracts) derived from the project must acknowledge the financial support of the AMMC.
 
Contact

For further information on the Bill Dawbin Postdoctoral Fellowship please contact:

Coordinator, AMMC
Australian Antarctic Division
203 Channel Highway
KINGSTON,   TAS, 7050

Email: ammccoordinator@aad.gov.au