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ARC Centres of Excellence

ARC Centres of Excellence are prestigious hubs of expertise through which high-quality researchers maintain and develop Australia's international standing in research areas of national priority.

Through ARC Centres of Excellence, a high level of collaboration occurs between universities and other organisations in Australia and overseas.

Objectives – ARC Centres of Excellence with funding commencing in 2011 will be funded to:

• undertake highly innovative and potentially transformational research that aims to achieve international standing in the fields of research envisaged and leads to a significant advancement of capabilities and knowledge;
• link existing Australian research strengths and build critical mass with new capacity for interdisciplinary, collaborative approaches to address the most challenging and significant research problems;
• develop relationships and build new networks with major national and international centres and research programs to help strengthen research, achieve global competitiveness and gain recognition for Australian research;
• build Australia’s human capacity in a range of research areas by attracting and retaining, from within Australia and abroad, researchers of high international standing as well as the most promising research students;
• provide high-quality postgraduate and postdoctoral training environments for the next generation of researchers;
• offer Australian researchers opportunities to work on large-scale problems over longer periods of time; and
• establish Centres of such repute in the wider community that they will serve as points of interaction among higher education institutions, governments, industry and the private sector generally.


• Funding Rules
• Funding Agreement
• Instructions to applicants
• Funding Outcomes
• Expression of Interest
• Consultation Paper
• Submit a Nomination for a Centre Fellowship
• Submit an Annual Report or Final Report
• Funded Projects 2005
• Funded Projects 2003
• Policing and Security