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Selection Report for Funding Commencing in 2010
Overview
Objectives
Selection Process
Selection Criteria
Funding Levels and Duration
Summary of Outcomes
National Research Priorities
Early Career Researcher Proposals
Fellowships
Historical Outcomes for Fellowships
Partnerships to Fund Fellowships
Gender of Participants
International Collaboration
International Collaboration Awards
Selection Outcomes by Administering Organisation
Overview
Recognising the importance of fundamental research to the national innovation system, Discovery Projects supports excellent research projects and individual researchers and teams of researchers. Under Discovery Projects, Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellowships provide opportunities for emerging and established researchers to undertake research of national and international significance.
Objectives
The objectives of Discovery Projects are to:
- support excellent fundamental research by individuals and teams;
- enhance the scale and focus of research in the National Research Priorities;
- expand Australia’s knowledge base and research capability;
- encourage research and research training in high-quality research environments;
- enhance international collaboration in research; and
- foster the international competitiveness of Australian research.
Selection Process
The closing date for Discovery Projects proposals was 4 March 2009. Assessment of proposals was under the direction of the ARC Executive Directors, who:
- assigned independent readers/assessors in conjunction with the College of Experts to review the proposals;
- sought applicants’ comments on assessors’ reports;
- identified eligibility issues;
- supported the College of Experts in ranking each proposal relative to the others on the basis of the proposal, the assessors’ reports and applicants’ responses to those assessments;
- in conjunction with the College of Experts assessed and recommended budgets; and
- prepared funding recommendations for submission to the ARC (Chief Executive Officer).
The CEO considered the recommendations of the ARC’s College of Experts Selection Advisory Committee before making recommendations to the Minister who, in accordance with the ARC Act, determined the funding outcomes. Unless otherwise specified, figures presented in this report exclude withdrawn proposals.
Selection Criteria
The assessment of proposals was based on the following selection criteria:
- investigator(s)’ track record relative to opportunities and capacity to undertake the research; (40%)
- significance of and innovation in the proposed research; (30%)
- approach; and (20%)
- national benefit. (10%)
Funding Levels and Duration
Funding for Discovery Projects proposals may be awarded for one to five years subject to parliamentary appropriation and the provisions of the Australian Research Council Act 2001 (the ARC Act). Australian Postdoctoral Fellowships (APDs) are awarded for a standard duration of three years, but a four-year research option is available, under which the Fellow may spend up to 25 per cent of her/his time on activities other than the proposed project. Australian Research Fellowships (ARFs), Queen Elizabeth II Fellowships (QEIIs) and Australian Professorial Fellowships (APFs) are awarded for a standard duration of five years.
While funding may be awarded for Discovery Projects proposals for one to five years, the ARC Act applies limits in relation to the amount and years for which the Minister may approve funding. At the time of the award, funding may be approved only up to and including the 2011–12 financial year. Subsequent years and associated funding limits are added by amendment to the ARC Act, following which funding for the additional years may be made available. Accordingly, the term ‘indicative funding’ is used throughout this report to denote the total level of funding which it is proposed to be made available, once all years to which funding proposals relate have been legislated.
Table 1 shows that the average duration of projects funded has risen from 3.18 years in 2006 to 3.30 years in 2010. The average first-year funding per approved proposal is $109,179. The corresponding figure for 2009 was $116,055.
Table 1: Average duration of projects and average first-year funding per project: funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average number of requested years |
3.50 |
3.62 |
3.59 |
3.56 |
3.54 |
Average number of funded years |
3.18 |
3.28 |
3.29 |
3.27 |
3.30 |
Average first-year funding |
$103,768 |
$105,019 |
$106,469 |
$116,055 |
$109,179 |
Summary of Outcomes
The following table shows indicative funds for approved Discovery Projects proposals for commencement in 2010.
Table 2: Indicative funds for approved Discovery Projects proposals for funding commencing in 2010
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$100,990,920 |
$95,905,114 |
$95,559,370 |
$20,188,409 |
$12,931,476 |
$325,575,289 |
The ARC received 4085 proposals of which 17 were withdrawn after submission. Of the 4068 proposals which were considered for funding commencing in 2010, 925 are approved for funding and 3143 are not approved for funding. The overall success rate for proposals is 22.7 per cent, compared with the 20.4 per cent success rate for proposals considered for funding commencing in 2009.
The 925 approved proposals represent a funding commitment of $100,990,920 in 2010 and an indicative funding commitment of $325,575,289 over five years.
Table 3: Numbers of proposals and success rates for Discovery Projects for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
Number of proposals
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Received |
3,766 |
4,047 |
4,121 |
4,164 |
4,085 |
Withdrawn |
24 |
14 |
9 | 12 |
17 |
Funded |
917 |
822 |
878 |
845 |
925 |
Success rate |
24.5% |
20.4% |
21.4% |
20.4% |
22.7% |
Table 4: Numbers of proposals and success rates for Discovery Projects by panel
Panel * |
Proposals considered |
Proposals approved |
Success rate |
Requested funds over project life for all proposals considered |
Indicative funds over project life for approved proposals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSB |
738 |
162 |
22.0% |
$434,960,512 |
$65,992,655 |
EE |
525 |
122 |
23.2% |
$280,861,099 |
$44,675,929 |
HCA |
599 |
149 |
24.9% |
$242,083,990 |
$45,195,999 |
MIC |
695 |
150 |
21.6% |
$373,694,131 |
$49,543,418 |
PCE |
670 |
153 |
22.8% |
$423,838,313 |
$65,360,560 |
SBE |
841 |
189 |
22.5% |
$342,407,672 |
$54,806,728 |
Total |
4,068 |
925 |
22.7% |
$2,097,845,717 |
$325,575,289 |
* BSB = Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; EE = Engineering and Environmental Sciences; HCA = Humanities and Creative Arts; MIC = Mathematics, Information and Communication Sciences; PCE = Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences; SBE = Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences
The average funding per approved proposal for 2010 is 62.9 per cent of the average amount requested, which is lower than the corresponding figure for 2009 (67.1 per cent). Panel percentages are shown in Table 5.
Table 5: Funding requested and approved for Discovery Projects proposals, by panel, for the 2010 calendar year
Discipline Panel |
Average requested funding per approved proposal for 2010 |
Average approved funding per approved proposal for 2010 |
Average approved funding as a % of average requested funding for 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|
BSB |
$192,237 |
$125,007 |
65.0% |
EE |
$194,951 |
$118,978 |
61.0% |
HCA |
$128,759 |
$91,730 |
71.2% |
MIC |
$188,211 |
$102,854 |
54.6% |
PCE |
$201,816 |
$132,752 |
65.8% |
SBE |
$145,120 |
$88,982 |
61.3% |
All Disciplines |
$173,674 |
$109,179 |
62.9% |
The following table shows indicative funds for approved Discovery Projects proposals for commencement in 2010.
Table 6: Average indicative funding per project over project life, for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average indicative funding over project life |
$298,350 |
$334,267 |
$342,593 |
$341,344 |
$351,973 |
National Research Priorities
Of the 4068 Discovery Projects proposals considered in this round, 3690 (90.7 per cent) were identified by the applicants as addressing a National Research Priority. Of those 3690 proposals, 834 (22.6 per cent) are approved for funding, representing 90.2 per cent of the total 925 proposals approved for funding.
The overall commitment for approved proposals addressing National Research Priorities is $300,425,976 (92.3 per cent of the total indicative funding).
The greatest amount of indicative funding ($142,206,702) is for projects in the area of Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries.
Table 7: Numbers of proposals and success rates for Discovery Projects by National Research Priority
National Research Priority Area |
Proposals considered |
Proposals approved |
Success rate |
Indicative funds over project life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
None selected |
378 |
91 |
24.1% |
$25,149,313 |
An Environmentally Sustainable Australia |
712 |
159 |
22.3% |
$57,712,364 |
Promoting and Maintaining Good Health |
752 |
173 |
23% |
$57,151,078 |
Frontier Technologies for Building and Transforming Australian Industries |
1,628 |
363 |
22.3% |
$142,206,702 |
Safeguarding Australia |
598 |
139 |
23.2% |
$43,355,832 |
Total proposals |
4,068 |
925 |
22.7% |
$325,575,289 |
Total priority proposals |
3,690 |
834 |
22.6% |
$300,425,976 |
% within priority areas |
90.7% |
90.2% |
92.3% |
Early Career Researcher Proposals
For the purposes of Discovery Projects proposals for funding commencing in 2010, Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are identified as researchers who have self-nominated as having a PhD, or equivalent research qualification or experience, awarded on or after 4 March 2004. The ARC has identified funds (about 15 per cent) to support ECRs within Discovery Projects,through ECR-only proposals (that is, proposals in which all the nominated researchers are ECRs).
Self-nominated ECR-only proposals are assessed against the same criteria as other Discovery Projects proposals.
Self-nominated ECR-only proposals accounted for 634 of the proposals considered, with 98 ECR-only proposals approved for funding commencing in 2010. This represents a success rate of 15.5 per cent for ECR-only proposals.
Table 8 provides details of numbers, success rates and funding levels for ECR-only proposals by panel.
Table 8: Numbers of and success rates for self-nominated ECR-only proposals by panel
Panel |
ECR-only proposals considered
| ECR-only proposals approved for funding
| Success rate
| Approved funding for calendar year 2010 for ECR-only proposals
| ECR-only proposals: % of total funding approved for calendar year 2010
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSB |
97 |
19 |
19.6% |
$2,082,934 |
10.3% |
EE |
89 |
15 |
16.9% |
$1,503,728 |
10.4% |
HCA |
114 |
13 |
11.4% |
$963,736 |
7.1% |
MIC |
130 |
21 |
16.2% |
$2,090,000 |
13.5% |
PCE |
93 |
15 |
16.1% |
$1,720,182 |
8.5% |
SBE |
111 |
15 |
13.5% |
$1,162,385 |
6.9% |
Total |
634 |
98 |
15.5% |
$9,522,965 |
9.4% |
Figure 1. Success rates for self-nominated ECR-only proposals, by panel, for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
Table 9: Success rates of proposals involving one or more ECR participants*, for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
Panel |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BSB |
23.3% |
18.4% |
17.2% |
16.1% |
18.3% |
EE |
20.9% |
23% |
20% |
21.9% |
23.9% |
HCA |
18.5% |
15.3% |
15.2% |
18.4% |
21.7% |
MIC |
22.5% |
20.9% |
19.5% |
20.1% |
18.0% |
PCE |
21.3% |
19% |
22.8% |
18.7% |
19.5% |
SBE |
20.3% |
12.7% |
20.6% |
23.6% |
19.4% |
Total |
21.0% |
17.8% |
19.3% |
19.9% |
19.9% |
* These are proposals where at least one of the researchers nominated as a Chief Investigator, Partner Investigator or Fellowship candidate is an ECR. They include ECR-Only Proposals (where all named participants are ECRs), as well as proposals in which there are non-ECR participants.
Table 10 shows the funding allocations for proposals for funding commencing 2006–2010 and the percentage of total funds allocated to proposals involving ECRs. For projects commencing in 2010, the total amount of funding allocated to approved proposals with ECRs is $108,987,557.
Table 10: Funding allocations for projects involving ECR participants, for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Funding allocations for projects involving ECRs |
$87,890,148 |
$98,620,487 |
$105,392,482 |
$105,161,296 |
$108,987,557 |
Funding allocations for all projects |
$273,586,773 |
$274,767,586 |
$300,796,403 |
$288,435,583 |
$325,575,289 |
% of total funds for all projects allocated to projects involving ECRs |
32.1% |
35.9% |
35.0% |
36.5% |
33.5% |
Fellowships
A number of different types of fellowship are offered in Discovery Projects. Researchers are encouraged to tailor their proposals to their specific research needs and proposals may request funding for one or more fellowships together with research project support. (Fellowship candidates who do not request project funding are required to demonstrate that their research costs will be supported by the Administering Organisation.)
The ARC offers three categories of fellowship under Discovery Projects:
- Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (APD)—offered for a duration of three or four years;
- Australian Research Fellowship (ARF) and Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (QEII)—offered for a duration of five years; and
- Australian Professorial Fellowship (APF)—offered for a duration of five years.
ARFs and QEIIs are treated as a single category, with the top candidates being awarded QEII Fellowships. All fellowships are tenable at approved universities and certain museums and herbaria. In addition, APDs and QEIIs are tenable at other approved organisations, which provide an appropriate training environment.
Of the 4,068 proposals considered, 1,156 included requests for a total of 1179 fellowships. The minimum number of fellowships to be awarded in this round is 176 (110 APDs, 52 ARF/QEIIs, and 14 APFs), although the 50:50 salary option has enabled the ARC to recommend funding of a larger number. In total, 203 fellowships are approved for funding, representing an ARC salary and salary-related on-costs support commitment for new fellows of $16,619,067 for the calendar year 2010.
Table 11: Numbers of and success rates for APD, ARF/QEII and APF candidates by panel
| APD | ARF/QEII | APF | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panel |
Requested |
Approved |
Success rate |
Requested |
Approved |
Success rate |
Requested |
Approved |
Success rate |
BSB |
126 |
21 |
16.7% |
85 |
15 |
17.6% |
21 |
4 |
19.0% |
EE |
82 |
16 |
19.5% |
45 |
6 |
13.3% |
17 |
2 |
11.8% |
HCA |
119 |
21 |
17.6% |
38 |
8 |
21.1% |
30 |
3 |
10.0% |
MIC |
108 |
19 |
17.6% |
69 |
12 |
17.4% |
33 |
6 |
18.2% |
PCE |
111 |
19 |
17.1% |
97 |
18 |
18.6% |
40 |
8 |
20.0% |
SBE |
108 |
16 |
14.8% |
25 |
5 |
20.0% |
25 |
4 |
16.0% |
Total |
654 |
112 |
17.1% |
359 |
64 |
17.8% |
166 |
27 |
16.3% |
Historical Outcomes for Fellowships
A separate Research Fellowship scheme existed until 2001. In 2002, fellowship proposals were integrated into Discovery Projects. Success rate comparisons are given in Table 12 for APDs, ARF/QEIIs and APFs.
Table 12: Numbers of and success rates for fellowship candidates, for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
APD |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number requested |
679 |
726 |
676 |
649 |
654 |
Fellowships awarded |
111 |
110 |
120 |
109 |
112 |
Success rate |
16.3% |
15.2% |
17.8% |
16.8% |
17.1% |
ARF/QEII |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number requested |
292 |
340 |
372 |
378 |
359 |
Fellowships awarded |
35 |
58 |
58 |
57 |
64 |
Success rate |
12% |
17.1% |
15.6% |
15.1% |
17.8% |
APF |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number requested |
188 |
210 |
180 |
203 |
166 |
Fellowships awarded |
25 |
29 |
28 |
29 |
27 |
Success rate |
13.3% |
13.8% |
15.6% |
14.3% |
16.3% |
Partnerships to Fund Fellowships
All fellowships are offered on a full-time basis only. However, the ARC offers a number of salary support options in the form of ARC/Administering Organisation joint funding arrangements to enable flexibility in the activities of the researcher.
For APDs, a four-year 75 per cent salary option is available. Under this option, a fellow may spend 25 per cent of her/his time on activities other than the proposed research project, such as teaching, or on non-remunerated activities, such as family or carer responsibilities.
The usual APD is a three-year full-time research position. Of the 654 APDs requested, 128 were for ARC salary funding at 75 per cent over four years.
The ARC offers a 50:50 salary support option for ARF/QEIIs and APFs. Under this option the ARC funds 50 per cent of the salary and salary-related on-costs for research fellows who hold continuing appointments at their organisation, with the Administering Organisation also contributing 50 per cent of the salary and salary-related on-costs over the standard duration of five years. The fellow is supported to conduct full-time research.
Table 13 indicates the number of and success rates for approved APD candidates by salary support option requested.
Table 13: Numbers of and success rates for APD candidates by salary support option
APDs requested |
APDs approved |
Success rate |
|
|---|---|---|---|
100% ARC salary contribution requested over three years |
526 |
89 |
16.9% |
75% ARC salary contribution requested over four years |
128 |
23 |
18.0% |
Total |
654 |
112 |
17.1% |
Table 14: Numbers of and success rates for ARF/QEII and APF candidates by salary support option
| ARF/QEII | APF | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Requested |
Approved |
Success rate |
Requested |
Approved |
Success rate |
|
100% ARC salary contribution requested over five years |
283 |
42 |
14.8% |
26 |
2 |
7.7% |
50% ARC salary contribution requested over five years |
76 |
22 |
28.9% |
140 |
25 |
17.9% |
Total |
359 |
64 |
17.8% |
166 |
27 |
16.3% |
Table 15: Numbers of fellowship candidates for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010 by salary support option
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 or 75% |
100% |
50 or 75% |
100% |
50 or 75% |
100% |
50 or 75% |
100% |
50 or 75% |
100% |
|
APD |
18 |
92 |
23 |
87 |
25 |
95 |
25 |
84 |
23 |
89 |
ARF/QEII |
5 |
28 |
13 |
45 |
19 |
39 |
15 |
42 |
22 |
42 |
APF |
13 |
12 |
24 |
5 |
24 |
4 |
29 |
0 |
25 |
2 |
Total number |
36 |
132 |
60 |
137 |
68 |
138 |
69 |
126 |
70 |
133 |
Gender of Participants
The total number of nominated researchers (Chief Investigators, Partner Investigators, APFs, ARF/QEIIs and APDs) on all proposals considered was 9700. Of these, 2372 (24.5 per cent) are female and 7328 (75.5 per cent) are male. Success rates by gender are shown in Table 16. In the proposals approved for funding, 503 of nominated researchers (21.3 per cent) are female and 1854 (78.7 per cent) are male. The overall success rate for female and male investigators is 21.2 per cent and 25.3 per cent respectively.
Table 16: Comparative success rates for participants by gender
Gender |
Number of participants |
Percentage of participants |
Number of approved participants |
Percentage of approved participants |
Success rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female |
2,372 |
24.5% |
503 |
21.3% |
21.2% |
Male |
7,328 |
75.5% |
1,854 |
78.7% |
25.3% |
Total |
9,700 |
100.0% |
2,357 |
100.0% |
24.3% |
Figure 2. Success rates by gender for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
Table 17: Success rates for participants by gender and panel for funding commencing in calendar years 2006 to 2010
Success Rates |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
BSB |
21.1% |
27.4% |
15.9% |
22.5% |
17.4% |
22.5% |
13.6% |
18.3% |
16.9% |
23.2% |
EE |
27.7% |
28.7% |
18.7% |
22.1% |
8.9% |
23.5% |
19.5% |
22.7% |
22.4% |
27.9% |
HCA |
27.7% |
28.8% |
18.8% |
27.7% |
21.5% |
26.9% |
22% |
26% |
26.3% |
32.3% |
MIC |
23.1% |
29% |
19.8% |
21.4% |
15.6% |
22.9% |
17.5% |
24.1% |
14.2% |
23.1% |
PCE |
24.5% |
28.1% |
19.5% |
25% |
22.7% |
23.5% |
18.6% |
21.6% |
22.4% |
24.6% |
SBE |
21.7% |
26.8% |
18.7% |
23.1% |
25.7% |
23% |
21.9% |
24.1% |
21.7% |
24.6% |
Of the 738 ECRs nominated on ECR-only proposals, 260 (35.2 per cent) are female and 478 (64.8 per cent) are male. Of the 112 participants on ECR-only proposals approved for funding, 37 (33.0 per cent) are female and 75 (67.0 per cent) are male.
Of the 1,179 nominated fellowship candidates, 378 (32.1 per cent) are female and 801 (67.9 per cent) are male. Of the 203 fellowship candidates approved for funding, 71 (35.0 per cent) are female and 132 (65.0 per cent) are male.
Figure 3 shows the success rates of participants by age and gender for approved Discovery Projects proposals for funding commencing in 2010.
Figure 3. Success rate by age and gender for Discovery Projects proposals for funding commencing 2010
International Collaboration
Applicants foreshadowed 4537 instances of collaboration with researchers in 107 overseas locations on 2273 proposals. Of the proposals approved for funding, 609 foreshadowed 1351 instances of collaboration with researchers in 73 overseas locations.
The highest incidence of collaboration foreshadowed is with researchers in the United States, accounting for 339 of the proposals approved for funding.
The second highest incidence of collaboration foreshadowed is with researchers in the United Kingdom, accounting for 197 of the proposals approved for funding.
Figure 4. International collaborations by location in approved proposals
International Collaboration Awards
In the current round of Discovery Projects the ARC has introduced International Collaboration Awards (ICAs) for Chief Investigators, Fellows and Partner Investigators living overseas in order to enhance opportunities for collaboration among researchers, research teams and/or research centres in Australia and overseas, and to build Australia’s international research capability.
Of the 4068 proposals considered in this round, 646 proposals (15.8 per cent) requested one or more ICAs. Of the 925 approved proposals, 104 proposals (11.2 per cent) were awarded one or more ICAs.
Selection Outcomes by Administering Organisation
The following table shows proposal numbers and total indicative ARC funding by Administering Organisation for Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2010.
Table 18: Numbers of proposals and success rates, for funding commencing in 2010, by Administering Organisation
Administering Organisation |
Proposals considered |
Proposals approved |
Success rate |
Indicative funding over project life (approved proposals) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Catholic University | 6 | 2 | 33.3% | $338,946 |
| Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Bond University | 3 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Brain Research Institute | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Central Queensland University | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | $470,000 |
| Charles Darwin University | 5 | 2 | 40% | $1,029,000 |
| Charles Sturt University | 21 | 3 | 14.3% | $666,000 |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | 2 | 1 | 50% | $240,546 |
| Curtin University of Technology | 78 | 12 | 15.4% | $3,654,365 |
| Deakin University | 90 | 13 | 14.4% | $3,204,141 |
| Edith Cowan University | 16 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Griffith University | 111 | 22 | 19.8% | $6,202,439 |
| James Cook University | 41 | 11 | 26.8% | $3,698,092 |
| La Trobe University | 79 | 15 | 19% | $4,433,348 |
| Macquarie University | 153 | 34 | 22.2% | $9,177,180 |
| Melbourne College of Divinity | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Monash University | 338 | 94 | 27.8% | $29,015,749 |
| Murdoch Childrens Research Institute | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Murdoch University | 37 | 6 | 16.2% | $1,852,392 |
| Museum Victoria | 2 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Queensland Museum | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Queensland University of Technology | 94 | 12 | 12.8% | $2,998,500 |
| RMIT University | 86 | 10 | 11.6% | $3,964,000 |
| South Australian Research and Development Institute | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Southern Cross University | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | $365,000 |
| Swinburne University of Technology | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | $3,853,594 |
| The Australian Museum | 2 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| The Australian National University | 339 | 92 | 27.1% | $35,697,944 |
| The Flinders University of South Australia | 46 | 5 | 10.9% | $2,034,000 |
| The University of Adelaide | 162 | 30 | 18.5% | $10,587,493 |
| The University of Melbourne | 349 | 103 | 29.5% | $38,821,177 |
| The University of New England | 27 | 4 | 14.8% | $1,384,000 |
| The University of New South Wales | 381 | 94 | 24.7% | $36,381,799 |
| The University of Newcastle | 123 | 26 | 21.1% | $8,201,000 |
| The University of Notre Dame Australia | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| The University of Queensland | 344 | 91 | 26.5% | $36,685,217 |
| The University of Sydney | 383 | 102 | 26.6% | $38,164,052 |
| The University of Western Australia | 151 | 41 | 27.2% | $16,144,610 |
| The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | 17 | 4 | 23.5% | $2,034,456 |
| University of Ballarat | 5 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| University of Canberra | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | $474,000 |
| University of South Australia | 78 | 14 | 17.9% | $4,637,000 |
| University of Southern Queensland | 15 | 1 | 6.7% | $130,000 |
| University of Tasmania | 67 | 13 | 19.4% | $3,172,464 |
| University of Technology, Sydney | 108 | 17 | 15.7% | $4,093,982 |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | 1 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| University of Western Sydney | 66 | 9 | 13.6% | $2,312,621 |
| University of Wollongong | 117 | 26 | 22.2% | $9,456,182 |
| Victoria University | 13 | 0 | 0% | $0 |
| Total | 4068 | 925 | 22.7% | $325,575,289 |
26/10/09
