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Information for Applicants

The Australian Research Council does not provide funding to individual researchers. Researchers seeking ARC support will find information here about schemes funded under the National Competitive Grants Program. In most cases, researchers prepare an application for funding that is submitted to the ARC through a university Research Office, or equivalent office in other organisations.

Applicants must be familiar with the Funding Rules or Guidelines for the ARC scheme under which they are applying for funding. The Funding Rules govern the application and selection processes.

Most ARC applications require a form to be completed using the ARC online application system. The Funding Rules [1] set out closing dates and rules for submitting eligible applications.

ARC funding is provided to organisations, not individual researchers. The Funding Agreement or Conditions of Grant is the Agreement between the ARC and university. Applicants are advised to be familiar with the Funding Agreement. For example, the ARC Funding Agreement requires that any ARC contribution to research and other activities be appropriately acknowledged [2]. Other information with which applicants should be familiar includes:

  • Appeals [3]
  • Codes and Guidelines [4]
  • Eligibility matters [5]
  • Grant Payments [6]
  • Important Dates [7]
  • ITRP Reports [8]
  • Post-Award Management [9]
  • Rejoinders [10]
  • Research Management System (RMS) Information [11]
  • Funding Announcements web page [12]
  • Salaries and stipends [13]
  • Science and Research Priorities [14]
  • Variation to a Funding Agreement [15]

Key Documents

Key documents relating to the application and selection process are available below

  • Certification Proforma [16]
  • Classification Codes—FOR, RFCD, SEO and ANZSIC Codes [17]
  • Funding Agreements [18]
    • Discovery Program Funding Agreements [19]
    • Linkage Program Funding Agreements [20]
  • Funding Rules [1]
    • Discovery Program Funding Rules [21]
    • Linkage Program Funding Rules [22]
  • Instructions and FAQs [23]
  • Request Not to Assess [24]
  • Sample application forms [25]

Policies and Principles:

  • ARC Gender Equality in Research Statement [26]
  • ARC Research Workforce Statement [27]
  • ARC Research Integrity and Research Misconduct Policy [28]
  • ARC Complaints Handling and Appeals Policy [29]
  • ARC Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) Statement [30]
  • ARC Medical Research Policy [31]
  • ARC Open Access Policy [32]
  • ARC Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy [33]
  • Privacy and Information  [34]
  • Research Impact Principles and Framework [35]
  • National Principles of Intellectual Property Management for Publicly Funded Research [36]
  • Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research [37]
  • National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research [38]
  • NHMRC Values and Ethics: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research [39] 
  • Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies [39]
  • The Australia Council for the Arts, Indigenous Cultural Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian Music, Writing, Visual Arts, Media Arts and Performing Arts [4]
  • Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes [40]

Source URL: http://www.arc.gov.au/information-applicants

Links:
[1] http://www.arc.gov.au/funding-rules
[2] http://www.arc.gov.au/acknowledging-arc
[3] http://www.arc.gov.au/appeals-against-ncgp-administrative-processes
[4] http://www.arc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines
[5] http://www.arc.gov.au/eligibility-matters
[6] http://www.arc.gov.au/grant-payments
[7] http://www.arc.gov.au/important-dates
[8] http://www.arc.gov.au/industrial-transformation-research-programme-reporting
[9] http://www.arc.gov.au/post-award-management
[10] http://www.arc.gov.au/rejoinders
[11] http://www.arc.gov.au/rms-information
[12] http://www.arc.gov.au/rms-funding-announcements-web-page
[13] http://www.arc.gov.au/salaries-and-stipends
[14] http://www.arc.gov.au/science-research-priorities
[15] http://www.arc.gov.au/variation-funding-agreement
[16] http://www.arc.gov.au/certification-proforma
[17] http://www.arc.gov.au/rfcd-seo-and-anzsic-codes
[18] http://www.arc.gov.au/funding-agreements
[19] http://www.arc.gov.au/discovery-program-funding-agreements
[20] http://www.arc.gov.au/linkage-program-funding-agreements
[21] http://www.arc.gov.au/discovery-program-funding-rules
[22] http://www.arc.gov.au/linkage-program-funding-rules
[23] http://www.arc.gov.au/instructions-and-faqs
[24] http://www.arc.gov.au/request-not-assess
[25] http://www.arc.gov.au/sample-application-form
[26] http://www.arc.gov.au/gender-equality-research-statement
[27] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-research-workforce-statement
[28] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-research-integrity-and-research-misconduct-policy
[29] http://www.arc.gov.au/feedback-and-complaints
[30] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-research-opportunity-and-performance-evidence-rope-statement
[31] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-medical-research-policy
[32] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-open-access-policy
[33] http://www.arc.gov.au/arc-conflict-interest-and-confidentiality-policy
[34] http://www.arc.gov.au/privacy-information
[35] http://www.arc.gov.au/research-impact-principles-and-framework
[36] http://www.arc.gov.au/national-principles-intellectual-property-management-publicly-funded-research-0
[37] http://www.arc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines#code1
[38] http://www.arc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines#code2
[39] http://www.arc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines#code3
[40] http://www.arc.gov.au/codes-and-guidelines#code6