Application states

Every state an application can be in, who moves it, and where it can go next.

The application follows a fixed state machine; every transition is audited and an attempt at an illegal transition is refused and audited too.

• Draft (DRAFT)
• Eligibility submitted (ELIGIBILITY_SUBMITTED)
• Clarification requested (CLARIFICATION_REQUESTED)
• Ineligible (INELIGIBLE)
• Eligible (ELIGIBLE)
• Merit in progress (MERIT_IN_PROGRESS)
• Merit submitted (MERIT_SUBMITTED)
• Assessment in progress (AI_ASSESSED)
• Assessment reviewed (STAFF_REVIEWED)
• Decision pending (DECISION_PENDING)
• Accepted (cohort) (ACCEPTED_COHORT)
• Accepted (open access) (ACCEPTED_OPEN_ACCESS)
• Waitlisted (WAITLISTED)
• Declined (DECLINED)
• Review requested (REVIEW_REQUESTED)
• Agreement sent (AGREEMENT_SENT)
• Agreement lapsed (AGREEMENT_LAPSED)
• Agreement executed (AGREEMENT_EXECUTED)
• Active (ACTIVE)
• Exited (EXITED)
• Completed (COMPLETED)
• Withdrawn (WITHDRAWN)
• Closed (CLOSED)

The Company Administrator can withdraw from any state before a decision. Ineligible, Declined, Exited, Withdrawn, Completed and Closed are terminal (a declined applicant may still request a review within ten business days).

Related topics

• The metro map Eight stations from Register to Active; the current one pulses, staff-controlled ones show what Powering Australia is doing.
• Eligibility stage Answer every eligibility criterion for the program, declare your stage, and submit. Staff verify within five business days.
• Merit stage and AI assessment Respond to each weighted criterion with specific evidence; Claude drafts scores that staff review and the Delegate decides on.
• Participation Agreement and activation Cohort acceptance sends a DocuSign agreement; it becomes active only after the Powering Australia Administrator countersigns.