Australian Research Council Funding Options
Discovery Projects
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Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) This is a separate element of the Discovery Program. The DECRA scheme provides more focused support for researchers and is intended to create more opportunities for early-career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions. |
Please use the dedicated DECRA page |
CLOSED UTAS internal closing date: C.O.B. Friday 2nd March 2012 ARC closing date: Wednesday 21st March March 2012 |
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Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development Provides support for Indigenous Researchers to undertake research projects that may lead to an understanding of a particular subject, or that may meet the requirements of their postgraduate research degrees. |
ARC RMS Online Application System UTAS ORS Contacts: |
OPEN UTAS internal closing date: Thursday 5th April ARC Closing date: Thursday 12th April |
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Provide funding for research projects which may be undertaken by individual researchers or research teams. A variety of fellowships are offered under the scheme to nurture the talents of Australia's most promising early-career researchers and support established researchers. The fellowships take into account the professional standing of individual researchers. |
Please use the dedicated Discovery Projects page |
CLOSED UTAS internal closing date: C.O.B. Thursday 9th February 2012 ARC closing date: Thursday 1st March 2012
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Linkage Projects
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Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities The LIEF scheme fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of national and international research facilities. The scheme provides funding for large-scale cooperative initiatives so that expensive infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared by researchers in partnered organisations. However, the ARC may fund single-organisation proposals in some circumstances. |
ARC RMS Online Application System |
OPEN Expression of Interest- Please direct your enquiries to Mark.Potter@utas.edu.au |
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Support research and development projects which are collaborative between higher education researchers and other parts of the national innovation system, which are undertaken to acquire new knowledge, and which involve risk or innovation. |
ARC RMS Online Application System UTAS ORS Contacts: |
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Fellowships
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Australian Laureate Fellowships These awards are open to applications from outstanding researchers of international repute. The scheme encourages proposals involving Australian and international researchers by providing eligible Australian Laureate Fellows with Project Funding, in addition to a salary supplement and salary- related (on-cost) support |
ARC RMS Online Application System UTAS ORS Contacts: |
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Promote research in areas of critical national importance by giving outstanding researchers incentives to conduct their research in Australia. The aim of Future Fellowships is to attract and retain the best and brightest mid-career researchers. |
ARC RMS Online Application System UTAS ORS Contacts: |
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Special Research Initiative in Stem Cell Science The Special Research Initiative in Stem Cell Science will fund one or more proposals to deliver a program of activities supporting stem cell research. The successful proposal(s) will be funded on the basis of the excellence of the researchers and the proposed research program, including demonstrated opportunities for collaboration and the potential to produce significant research outcomes for the benefit for the Australian community. |
ARC RMS Online Application System
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National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is Australia's peak body for supporting health and medical research, for developing health advice for the Australian community, health professionals and governments, and for providing advice on ethical behaviour in health care and in the conduct of health and medical research.
Applications for NHMRC schemes are processed by the Menzies Research Institute Tasmania on behalf of the university. The contact for applications within Menzies is currently Dr. Lisa Schimanski Tel: +61 3 6226 7784