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Liz Visher
Director, Outreach
Research Excellence Branch
Ph (612) 6287 6665
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Professor Richard Coleman
Executive Director
Physical, Mathematical and Information Sciences
Professor Liz Jazwinska
Executive Director
Biological Sciences & Biotechnology
For more information visit Executive Directors.
Internationalisation of the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP)
The Australian Research Council (ARC) is committed to creating and enhancing international collaboration opportunities for the Australian community. The ARC undertakes a range of international activities including direct support of international researcher collaboration, participation in research forums and engagement with similar agencies overseas.
In early-2008, the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr, announced that the ARC would internationalise its funding schemes under NCGP. For more information visit National Competitive Grants Program.
Recent changes to the ARC NCGP schemes include:
Discovery Projects has several major changes that will increase international collaboration:
- PhD stipends may now be held by applicants who are not Australian citizens;
- All Fellowships – APDs (Australian Postdoctoral Fellowships), ARFs (Australian Research Awards) /QE11s (Queen Elizabeth 11 Fellowships), APFs (Australian Professorial Fellowships) are now open to non-Australian citizens, but successful applicants must reside predominantly in Australia.
- Projects may now have Partner Investigators living overseas. Both PIs living overseas and CIs may be awarded one return economy airfare per year to and from Australia to work on the successful project.
- Through the Discovery Projects scheme, the ARC has also introduced International Collaboration Awards, which will be available for Chief Investigators, Fellows, and Partner Investigators living overseas to work together on research projects. These awards are for a minimum of 1 month to a maximum of 4 months and provide up to $40,000 for travel and subsistence costs for CIs travelling overseas or PIs living overseas to travel to Australia to work on the successful project.
For more information visit Discovery Projects.
Linkage Projects scheme now allows Australian Postgraduate Award - Industry APA(I) and APA(I-IT) - stipends and overseas higher education organisations to participate as an eligible Partner Organisation.
- The citizenship and residency requirements for APAI students have been relaxed. APA(I) students may now be non-Australian citizens.
- Funding is permitted for CIs, PIs, APDIs and research support personnel to cover domestic and international travel associated with a project, including to foster and strengthen collaborations between researchers in Australia and overseas.
- Partner Organizations may be overseas organizations including overseas higher education organisations. Overseas higher education organisations and closely associated entities to such organisations are eligible to be Partner Organisations. If an overseas higher education institution, or an entity closely associated with an overseas higher education organisation, is proposed as a Partner Organisation there must be at least one Australian Partner Organisation involved which meets the eligibility requirements
For more information visit Linkage Projects.
The new Future Fellows scheme for funding commencing in 2010 allows applicants who are non-Australian citizens as long as the application is through an Australian eligible organisation. Future Fellows must reside predominantly in Australia for the duration of the Future Fellowship, except where ARC approval has been granted. If a Future Fellowship candidate does not have permanent resident status he/she must obtain permanent or temporary resident status from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship before the Future Fellowship commences.
The new Australian Laureate Fellows scheme for funding commencing in 2010 allows applicants to be non-Australian citizens as long as the application is through an Australian eligible organisation. Australian Laureate Fellows must reside predominantly in Australia for the duration of the Australian Laureate Fellowship. If an Australian Laureate Fellowship candidate does not have permanent resident status he/she must obtain permanent or temporary resident status from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship before the Australian Laureate Fellowship commences.
With the increase in opportunities for international collaboration, the Linkage International scheme (including both the ARC International Fellowships and the Internationally Coordinated Initiatives Social Sciences Collaborations) has now ceased to operate.
International Statistics
The ARC has a NCGP dataset which contains information on research projects, Centres, Fellowships and other awards approved for funding under the NCGP since its inception in 2001. For more information on the dataset visit NCGP Statistics. The ARC can also provide on request, information on projects that have incidences of international collaboration between ARC funded researchers with researchers from overseas.
Memorandums of Understanding
With the ARC schemes being progressively opened to greater international collaboration, researchers are encouraged to apply through the NCGP schemes. The ARC does not enter into new Memorandums of Understanding with other countries.
International Strategy
The ARC has developed this international strategy in response to the increasing globalisation of research. The ARC presently undertakes a range of international activities including direct support of international researcher collaboration, participation in research forums and liaison with similar agencies overseas. This international strategy will guide the ARC in developing more strategic partnerships both nationally and internationally and responding to international trends in research policy and research support. For more information visit International Strategy.
Title |
Objective |
More Information |
|---|---|---|
| National Competitive Grants Program | Fellowships to international candidates for all schemes | National Competitive Grants Program |
| Linkage Projects | Australian Postgraduate Award - Industry APA(I) and APA(I-IT) - stipends and overseas higher education organisations to participate as an eligible Partner Organisation. | Linkage Projects |
| Discovery Projects | Major changes to the DP scheme that will increase international collaboration. | Discovery Projects |
| Future Fellowships | Allows candidates who are non Australian citizens as long as the proposal is through an Australian eligible organisation. | Future Fellowships |
| Australian Laureate Fellowship | Allows candidates to be non Australian citizens as long as the proposal is through an Australian eligible organisation. | Australian Laureate Fellowship |
| Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities | Fosters collaboration through its support of the cooperative use of national and international research facilities. | Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
| Centres of Excellence | Prestigious hubs of expertise attracting from within Australia and abroad, researchers of high international standing as well as the most promising research students | Centres of Excellence |
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