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.
*The following table is in "Applications Close" date order.
Funding Scheme(click on Scheme to visit webpage) |
Round Open |
Expression of
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Request Not
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Compliance Review Deadline |
Applications Close |
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27 Mar 2025 |
Grant Development support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
9 July 2025 | 2 July 2025 | Wednesday, 23 July 2025 | |
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24 Sep 2025 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
22 Oct 2025 | 15 Oct 2025 | Wednesday, 5 Nov 2025 | |
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Industrial Transformation Research Program |
17 Sep 2025 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
11 Nov 2025 | 5 Nov 2025 | Wednesday, 26 Nov 2025 |
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Discovery Projects |
3 Nov 2025 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
28 Nov 2025 | 28 Nov 2025 | Friday, 12 Dec 2025 |
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DECRA (DE27) |
28 Jan 2026 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
25 Feb 2025 | 18 Feb 2026 | Wednesday, 11 Mar 2026 |
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Linkage Projects (LP26) |
14 Jan 2026 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
4 Mar 2026 | 25 Feb 2026 | Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026 |
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Refer to the information page for the internal EoI process for co-investment |
22 Jan 2026 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
26 Mar 2026 | 19 Mar 2026 | Thursday, 9 Apr 2026 |
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Discovery Projects |
2 Mar 2026 |
Grant Development Support requested? Yes: TBA No: TBA |
N/A | 1 Apr 2026 | Wednesday, 22 Apr 2026 |
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Discovery Indigenous |
Scheme paused by the ARC (to be replaced by a proposed new scheme targeted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers in 2026-27) |
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Scheme paused by the ARC |
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Scheme paused by the ARC |
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Scheme paused by the ARC |
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Scheme paused by the ARC |
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