Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Australian Research Council is a statutory authority within the Australian Government's Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (IISR) portfolio. Its mission is to deliver policy and programs that advance Australian research and innovation globally and benefit the community.
The ARC manages the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), a significant component of Australia's investment in research and development. Through the NCGP, the ARC supports the highest-quality fundamental and applied research and research training through national competition across all disciplines, with the exception of clinical medicine and dentistry.
The following are the various funding schemes that are available:
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The linkage Projects scheme will have one round for funding to commence in 2013. The ARC expects that this round will open for proposals in September 2012 for funding commencing in July 2013.
Linkage Projects aims to foster alliances between higher education institutions and external Partner Organisations. A specific objective of this programme is to provide research training opportunities for Postdoctoral and Postgraduate researchers. Specific cash and/or in-kind co-contributions are required from Partner Organisations, depending on the level of ARC funding requested. 1. Notification of Intent: TBA - Applicants are requested to complete a simple Notification of Intent (NoI) form and return to arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au. This will assist RB and ARI Pty Ltd to coordinate and streamline approaches to developing Linkage Projects and their concomitant agreements. ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers from Australia and abroad, and encourages proposals from researchers working in areas of national priority that can demonstrate a capacity to build collaboration across industry, research institutions or with other disciplines. To learn more, please see more information on the scheme.
Notification of Intent: 14 October 2011. Interested applicants are asked to indicate their intent to apply using the Notification of Intent form. The completed form is to be countersigned by the appropriate Head of School and Faculty Executive Dean and returned to Research Branch Eligibility Exemption Requests: Due on 14 October 2011. Completed requests must be submitted via RMS AND an email then sent to arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au To learn about the University of Adelaide research strengths, please visit: You must submit a hard copy of your application to the Research Branch by the Research Branch deadline. You must also email a WORD version of your Section D3 (Strategic Statement) to arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au by the deadline. Research Branch staff will liaise with you in order to finalise this section, and will arrange for this Statement to be signed off by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), as per the ARC’s requirements.
ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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Eligibility Exemption Requests: Proposal Deadlines Please also email a word version of your D3 (Strategic Statement) to arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au Notification of Intent: Request not to assess: Full Review: Eligibility Check: Submission only (no review): |
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The ARC’s Funding Rules for the Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2012, are now available. Further information on applying for an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship can be found in the internal information sheet. Up to 17 Australian Laureate Fellowships may be awarded for funding commencing in 2012. Preference will be given to researchers who will play a significant, sustained leadership and mentoring role in building Australia's internationally competitive research capacity. There are 2 new additional named Laureate Fellowships available in for female candidates in 2012 – the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship will be available to a highly ranked female candidate from the humanities, arts and social science disciplines, and a Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship will be available to a highly ranked female candidate from the science and technology disciplines. Fellowships do not support work in clinical medical and dental research. To learn more, please see more information on the scheme. The research strength and culture of the University of Adelaide make it an ideal location for ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship recipients to undertake their programs of research. ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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Proposal Deadlines Expression of Interest Initial Application: Full & Final Application:
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Linkage-Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) provides funding assistance for the institutional resources essential for mounting high-quality research projects in a particular field, including associated indirect costs. The programme aims to develop collaborative arrangements between and within institutions, and with organisations outside the sector, in order to develop research infrastructure. Further, it allows the sharing of large-scale expensive facilities to enhance access in areas of recognised research strength and potential. ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information (updated 19 May)
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Proposal Deadlines Initial EoI Revised EoI (with confirmed Faculty/School support) Full Proposal |
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The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides funding to Eligible Organisations to support research programs led by an Indigenous Australian researcher and build research capacity of higher degree research and early career researchers.
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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Proposal Deadlines Notification of Intent Proposals Proposals |
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Discovery Projects supports excellent basic and applied research undertaken by individual researchers or research teams. The Discovery Projects scheme offers up to three years of funding for research projects, International Collaborative Awards (ICAs), and Discovery Outstanding Researcher Awards (DORAs). Note: The fellowship categories previously available under the Discovery Projects scheme (ie. Australian Postdoctoral Fellowships (APD), Australian Research Fellowships (ARF) Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships (QEII), and Australian Professorial Fellowships (APF)) are no longer available.
ARC documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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Request not to Assess form (send to Research Branch with application) - Updated 1 Feb :
Proposal Deadlines Notification of Intent: Submission Only (no review): |
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This is a new scheme under the ARC’s Discovery Program aimed at early career researchers (up to 5 years post-PhD). ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information
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Notification of Intent: Proposal Deadlines Full Review: Eligibility Check: Submission only (no review):
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The ARC has invited Full Proposals from applicants who submitted an Expression of Interest (EoI) late in 2009. Only invited Proposals can be submitted.
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The University can only submit a maximum of six (6) Super Science Fellowship proposals - 1 proposal per discipline area per 2010 or 2011 funding commencement. The Faculty Associate Deans (Research) are currently preparing details of Faculty-endorsed EoIs for consideration by the DVCR (to be completed by 23rd October). The DVCR will determine which of up to six proposals go forward to ARC submission. A Proposal may also be submitted only by an Eligible Organisation that is linked to existing Super Science funding (for example, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme funding within a discipline area); and/or be involved in an ARC Centre of Excellence, CRC within one or more of the key discipline areas and/or strategic priority of a Publicly Funded Research Agency (e.g. CSIRO).The key theme areas are:
Please see more information about the scheme under related links below. ARC Documents / Useful Information
University of Adelaide Documents / Useful Information |
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Research Management System (RMS) |
You will also be required to locally submit your application on the ARC's Research Management System (RMS) when you submit your hard copies to the Research Branch. Read more [+].
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ARC Post-Award Grant Management |
For details on ARC funding outcomes, appeals, reporting and agreements, please read more [+].
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Contacts |
For all general enquiries please contact arcgrants@adelaide.edu.au. Alternatively, please see the contact list [+].
