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ARC News

• Linkage International draft Funding Agreement for funding commencing in 2009 (12/5/08)
• LX09 SSC ICI GAMS Application form and Instructions to Applicants (23/4/08)
• Federation Fellowships Media Kit (22/4/08)
• Announcement of Federation fellowships for funding commencing in 2008 (22/4/08)
• LX09 Social Sciences Collaboration (SSC) Call for Proposals (18/4/08)

Key Publications

• Submission to the Productivity Commission research study on Public Support for Science and Innovation, August 2006

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 advance Australia's research excellence to be globally competitive and deliver benefits to 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 Excellence in Research for Australia Initiative

On 26 February 2008, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, the Hon. Senator Kim Carr, announced his plans for a new research quality and evaluation system.

The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative will be developed by the ARC.  More information about the ERA initiative can now be found on our Research Excellence pages.