ARC National Competitive Grants Program

 

Overview

The Australian Research Council (ARC) is a Commonwealth entity within the Australian Government. Its purpose is to "grow knowledge and innovation for the benefit of the Australian community through funding the highest quality research, assessing the quality, engagement and impact of research, and providing advice on research matters".

The ARC supports the highest-quality fundamental and applied research and research training across all disciplines outside of clinical and other medical research.

The ARC requires that researchers submit their applications for consideration via their institution's research office - at UniSA, this is the UniSA Research Office.

Please use the following links to access information on currently operating ARC National Competitive Grant Programs. Ahead of the NCGP Policy Review finalisation, the ARC have made substantial changes to their scheme calendar - more details available here.

 

Dates for ARC Grant Application Submissions

 *The following table is in "Applications Close" date order.

Funding Scheme

(click on Scheme to visit webpage)

Round Open

Expression of
Interest deadline

Request Not 
To Assess

Compliance Review Deadline

Applications Close 

Discovery Indigenous (IN26)

20 Nov 2024 Grant Development
support requested?
Yes: 5 Dec 2024
No: 16 Jan 2025

6 Feb 2025

30 Jan 2025 Thursday, 20 Feb 2025

DECRA (DE26)

30 Jan 2025 Grant Development
support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
5 Mar 2025 25 Feb 2025 Tuesday, 18 Mar 2025

Linkage Projects (LP25 - Rnd1)

12 Dec 2024 Grant Development
support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
12 Mar 2025 5 Mar 2025 Wednesday, 26 Mar 2025

ARC Centres of Excellence (CE26) Full application

14 Jan 2025

N/A grant development will work with shortlisted applicants N/A N/A Thursday, 27 Mar 2025

LIEF (LE26)

Refer to the information page for the internal EoI process for co-investment

22 Jan 2025

Final call for EOIs and additional questions

6 Feb 2025

26 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2025

Wednesday, 9 Apr 2025

Discovery Projects (DP26) - Full application 

5 Mar 2025

Grant Development 
Available for full applications
N/A 26 Mar 2025 Wednesday, 16 Apr 2025

Linkage Projects (LP25 - Rnd2)

27 Mar 2025

Grant Development
support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
11 Jun 2025 4 Jun 2025 Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025 

Australian Laureate Fellowships (FL26)

Scheme paused by the ARC

- - - -

Future Fellowships (FT26)

24 Sep 2025

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
22 Oct 2025 15 Oct 2025 Wednesday, 5 Nov 2025

Industrial Transformation Program (IC26 and IH26)

17 Sep 2025

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
11 Nov 2025  TBA Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025

Early Career Industry Fellowships (IE26)

Scheme paused by the ARC

- - - -

Mid Career Industry Fellowships (IM26)

Scheme paused by the ARC

- - - -

Industry Laureate Fellowships (IL26)

Scheme paused by the ARC

- - - -

Discovery Projects Expression of Interest (DP27 EOI)

3 Nov 2025

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
28 Nov 2025 28 Nov 2025 Friday, 12 Dec 2025

DECRA (DE27)

28 Jan 2026

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
25 Feb 2025 18 Feb 2026 Wednesday, 11 Mar 2026

Linkage Projects (LP26)

14 Jan 2026

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
4 Mar 2026 25 Feb 2026 Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026

LIEF (LE27)

Refer to the information page for the internal EoI process for co-investment

22 Jan 2026

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
27 Mar 2025 19 Mar 2026 Thursday, 9 Apr 2026

Discovery Projects (DP27) - Full application

2 Mar 2026

Grant Development
Support requested?
Yes: TBA
No: TBA
N/A 1 Apr 2026 Wednesday, 22 Apr 2026
 

Additional Resources