ARC Certification of Career Interruption

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CAREER INTERRUPTION

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Eligibility Extension Form

This form is to be completed by ARC grant applicants who must have their significant career interruptions certified by RMIT in order to meet the scheme Eligibility, as set out in the ARC Eligibility & Career Interruptions Statement and/or the relevant funding rules. 

You will need to attach supporting documents for each claimed interruption you include here. All data is stored in accordance with RMIT Policy, to view please click here. 

If you are having difficulty calculating the total extension required, contact your relevant Research Proposals team via email for assistance

About you

Must be a date. The conferral date is the date of your graduation ceremony or the date on your testamur.
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Your request

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Interruption Reason/s * Required
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Clear the selected value for Interruption Reason/s
Select all relevant exemption types for which you hold, or can obtain, supporting documents
Justify the total eligible extension you are claiming, with duration of the interruption(s) in days and/or years, e.g. 419 days or 1-2 years @ X FTE (required extension is calculated as number of days from your PhD conferral date to the ARC scheme's earliest eligibility date).

Interruption Period, Reason & Duration

Outline the dates and duration for each interruption and the total FTE you are allocating to the interruption (non-concurrent)

For unemployment periods, you can include employment either side of the non-working period (provide documentation)

To list more, click the "Add More" button below.

Start DateEnd DateFTE allocationReason category, or Position & EmployerNon-Research role/periodTotal duration
e.g. day/month/year
e.g., day/month/year
e.g. 0.2 = 1 day/week,
eg Unemployed
Y/N
e.g. 83 days
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Supporting documentation

Attach a file: Select stored file

    Attach all evidence supporting your eligible career interruption/s as a single PDF file where possible. Documents may include workplace records, birth certificates, leave approvals, Employer contracts and statements, Statutory Declarations.

    If you are unable to upload a file, please email the document to research.proposals@rmit.edu.au

    It may be possible to submit significant career interruptions with missing/unavailable documents using a Statutory Declaration - contact your applicable Research Proposals team and see the VicGov site here for more information

    Attach a file: Select stored file
      Please attach a copy of your PhD conferral certificate or Testamur