Australian Research Council’s administration of funding application processes | Australian National Audit Office

"While this is clearly a victory for common sense going forward, the ARC has made clear that “the change to preprint requirements cannot be applied to scheme rounds where application periods have closed”. This means that the 32 applications that were deemed ineligible in the DECRA and Future Fellowships rounds, as well as any affected applications currently under assessment, have no remedy and will not be reconsidered (though may be appealed) even though they were subject to a rule that was transparently unfair and poorly communicated...."