Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Australian Research Council (ARC) administers the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), which supports the highest-quality fundamental and applied research, and research training through nationally competitive grant schemes.
The NCGP supports:
- high quality research leading to the discovery of new ideas and the advancement of knowledge
- facilities and equipment that researchers need to be internationally competitive
- researchers at different stages of their careers, including training and skills development of the next generation of researchers
- incentives for Australia’s most talented researchers to work in partnership with leading researchers throughout the national innovation system and internationally, and to form alliances with Australian industry.
The NCGP comprises two funding programs Discovery and Linkage.
Discovery program supports fundamental research, essential to Australia’s innovation system, for the development of new ideas, job creation, economic growth, and an enhanced quality of life in Australia.
Linkage program promotes national and international collaboration and research partnerships between key stakeholders in research and innovation, including higher education providers, government, business, industry and end-users. Research and development is undertaken to apply advanced knowledge to problems, acquire new knowledge and as a basis for securing commercial and other benefits of research.
Refer to the ARC Pre-Assessment Calendar for dates of ECU’s Category 1 Pre-assessment dates for ARC grants
ARC Guidance on Applications and Grant Management in response to COVID-19
If you are planning to apply for an ARC grant or have a currently funded ARC project, the ARC has a number of guidance documents which you might find useful:
- ARC Pre Award Guidance for preparing applications: Responding to the impact of COVID-19
- ARC Post Award Guidance including Major Investments: Responding to the impact of COVID-19
- Principles of Guidance for the COVID-19 Pandemic
For any of your application specific questions please contact research-preaward@ecu.edu.au.
For any questions about managing awarded projects please contact research-grants@ecu.edu.au.
ARC Assessors
Peer review is central to the assessment of applications for ARC grants. The ARC engages both General and Detailed assessors to review applications.
Becoming an ARC assessor can be a great experience – more details can be found on their website.
College of Experts
To support the advancement of knowledge and contribute to national innovation, the ARC engages an ARC College of Experts to play a key role in identifying research excellence. Its members are experts of international standing drawn from the Australian research community: from higher education, industry and public sector research organisations.
Research Services will put out a call annually as nominations are not accepted directly from nominees. The DVCR will review the list of nominees prior to nominations progressing.
ARC News
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