Discovery Projects scheme 2017 funding outcomes—snapshot by State and Organisation Administering Organisation Total number of projects Total ARC funding Australian Capital Territory 48 $20,434,500 The Australian National University 46 $18,887,000 University of Canberra 2 $1,547,500 New South Wales 220 $77,634,771 Australian Catholic University 5 $1,892,500 Macquarie University 20 $6,582,598 Southern Cross University 2 $608,110 The University of New England 2 $840,068 The University of New South Wales 88 $32,091,545 The University of Newcastle 8 $2,632,000 The University of Sydney 54 $18,481,061 University of Technology, Sydney 15 $5,324,987 University of Wollongong 16 $5,341,402 Western Sydney University 10 $3,840,500 Queensland 90 $33,875,012 Griffith University 16 $5,616,738 James Cook University 3 $1,093,774 Queensland University of Technology 16 $5,382,000 The University of Queensland 55 $21,782,500 South Australia 36 $14,166,000 The Flinders University of South Australia 7 $2,805,000 The University of Adelaide 23 $9,117,000 University of South Australia 6 $2,244,000 Tasmania 11 $4,787,451 University of Tasmania 11 $4,787,451 Victoria 183 $67,207,050 Deakin University 12 $4,202,000 La Trobe University 12 $3,836,881 Monash University 62 $24,006,553 RMIT University 14 $4,685,260 Swinburne University of Technology 10 $3,535,000 The University of Melbourne 72 $26,702,356 Victoria University 1 $239,000 Western Australia 42 $16,555,868 Curtin University of Technology 12 $4,642,722 Murdoch University 2 $652,572 The University of Western Australia 28 $11,260,574 Total 630 $234,660,652