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ARC College of Experts

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To support the advancement of knowledge and contribute to national innovation, the ARC College of Experts to play a key role in identifying research excellence.  Its members are experts of international standing drawn from the Australian research community which includes higher education, industry and public sector research organisations.

The ARC seeks nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals, including senior academics and end-users across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, with peer review and research leadership experience.

The ARC Board is responsible for appointing members to the ARC College of Experts. 

ARC College of Experts nominations are called for annually. The ARC appoints the College members for a term of three years.

The College of Experts assists the ARC by:

  • assigning external assessors
  • assessing and ranking ARC grant applications that have been submitted under the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP)
  • moderating external assessments
  • providing recommendations for fundable applications
  • assisting with recruiting through the nomination of new assessors
  • providing advice for peer review reforms, and
  • providing strategic advice to the ARC on emerging disciplines and cross-disciplinary developments.

The ARC is required to maintain a high standard of professionalism and ethical conduct in its operations. The ARC Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy is designed to ensure that all members of the ARC College of Experts are aware of the confidentiality obligations associated with activities and that conflicts of interest are identified and addressed in a rigorous and transparent way. The ARC requires members of the ARC College of Experts to provide assurances to the ARC that they will abide by the ARC's confidentiality requirements and will disclose to it any conflicts of interest related to their official duties as members.


ARC College of Experts Nominations for 2025 are now open

The ARC is seeking nominations from suitably qualified and experienced individuals, including senior academics and end-users across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, with peer review and research leadership experience. Researchers with multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary expertise are strongly encouraged to apply. We especially welcome nominations from women, particularly those from the STEM disciplines, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Nominees should have strong institutional support to meet the commitment required of ARC College of Experts members.

A high regard will be placed on applicants who have strong institutional support to meet the commitment required from College of Experts members.

The ARC is committed to improving the diversity of membership on the ARC College of Experts and encourages qualified people from a broad range of groups to nominate. This includes but is not limited to:

  • Gender diversity
  • People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin
  • Academia, Industry and Public sector organisations

Areas of Interest

The ARC is calling for nominations for all discipline fields but has identified the discipline areas listed below as priorities for 2025. High priority discipline areas are shown in bold text in the below table.

3003 Animal production4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
3009 Veterinary sciences4015 Maritime engineering
3101 Biochemistry and cell biology4102 Ecological applications
3103 Ecology4104 Environmental management
3107 Microbiology4202 Epidemiology
3108 Plant biology4203 Health services and systems
3204 Immunology4204 Midwifery
3209 Neurosciences4205 Nursing
3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences4206 Public health
3301 Architecture4401 Anthropology
3302 Building4403 Demography
3304 Urban and regional planning4406 Human geography
3401 Analytical chemistry4410 Sociology
3402 Inorganic chemistry4506 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sciences
3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry4602 Artificial intelligence
3405 Organic chemistry4604 Cybersecurity and privacy
3502 Banking, finance and investment4605 Data management and data science
3503 Business systems in context4606 Distributed computing and systems software
3504 Commercial services4609 Information systems
3505 Human resources and industrial relations4610 Library and information studies
3506 Marketing4611 Machine learning
3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour4612 Software engineering
3509 Transportation, logistics and supply chains4703 Language studies
3603 Music4704 Linguistics
3701 Atmospheric sciences4902 Mathematical physics
3702 Climate change science4904 Pure mathematics
3708 Oceanography4905 Statistics
3709 Physical geography and environmental geoscience5003 Philosophy
3801 Applied economics5101 Astronomical sciences
3802 Econometrics5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
3901 Curriculum and pedagogy5107 Particle and high energy physics
3902 Education policy, sociology and philosophy5108 Quantum physics
3903 Education systems5110 Synchrotrons and accelerators
3904 Specialist studies in education5201 Applied and developmental psychology
4004 Chemical engineering5202 Biological psychology
4005 Civil engineering5203 Clinical and health psychology
4006 Communications engineering5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
4008 Electrical engineering5205 Social and personality psychology

Important Dates

ActivityDate
Nominations OpenMonday 22 April 2024
Nominations CloseFriday 7 June 2024

 

Resources

Submission

Nominations must be certified by the nominee’s primary employer (for a list of approved nominators or delegates, see the table below) and submitted in RMS no later than 5pm (AEST), Friday 7 June 2024.

Nominations will not be accepted directly from nominees, except those submitting as self-employed.

Nominees who hold an honorary or adjunct appointment with a higher education institution are eligible to apply through that institution.

Approved nominators:

Primary EmployerApproved Nominators
Higher education institutionVice-Chancellor/Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) or equivalent
Industry or businessChief Executive Officer or equivalent  
GovernmentAgency Head / Deputy Secretary or equivalent   
Self-employedSelf-nominate

Please contact the ARC at college@arc.gov.au with any queries.

It is anticipated that outcomes will be announced in October 2024.


ARC College of Experts 2024

A complete list of the ARC College of Experts membership can be found below.

There are currently 318 members on the ARC College of Experts.

Selection meeting panels will be drawn from the ARC College of Experts as necessary.

ARC College of Experts members

(*indicates a new member in 2024, **indicates a member reappointed for a three-year term in 2024)


Previous Years College of Expert Members

2023 College of Expert Members

2022 College of Expert Members

2021 College of Expert Members

2020 College of Expert Members

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