Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
Visit the following pages for information on recently announced grant outcomes under the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme:
- Selection Report: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2023
- Funding announcement kit : Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2023 Announcement
The DECRA scheme provides research support for early career researchers in teaching and research, and research-only positions. It's objectives are to:
- support excellent basic and applied research by early career researchers
- support national and international research collaboration
- enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas
- advance promising early career researchers and promote enhanced opportunities for diverse career pathways
- enable research and research training in high quality and supportive environments
Up to 200 three-year Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards, including up to $50,000 per annum in project funds, may be awarded each year.
Project funding may be used for:
- personnel, postdoctoral research associates and research assistants, technicians and laboratory attendants
- access to research and infrastructure facilities and technical workshop services
- essential field research
- expert third party services
- equipment and consumables
- publication and dissemination of project research outputs and outreach activities
- specialised computer equipment and software
- travel costs essential to the project for up to $50,000 over the project activity period
- web hosting and development
- workshops, focus groups and conferences, and
- reasonable essential costs for researchers who are carers or who themselves require care.