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Welcome to the Australian Research Council website

The ARC 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.

In seeking to achieve its mission, the ARC provides advice to the Government on research matters and 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 ARC is also responsible for administering the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative.

The ERA initiative will assess research quality within Australia's higher education institutions and will give government, industry, business and the wider community assurance of the excellence of research conducted.  It will also provide a national stocktake, by research discipline areas, of research strength against international benchmarks.

Esteemed academics appointed to ARC Advisory Council

The Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, has appointed two eminent academics to the ARC Advisory Council.

For more information on the ARC Advisory Council and the new members, visit the Advisory Council page.

Linkage Projects Consultation Paper

ARC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Margaret Sheil, today called for comment on a proposed new application process for the Linkage Projects scheme.

View the Consultation Paper.

Content Last Modified: 14/01/10