Introduction Official reporting (and accounting) requirements apply to the expenditure of public funds. For each calendar year for which there has been at least six months of activity, all ARC Special Research Initiative grant holders are required to produce and submit to the ARC an Annual Progress Report by 31 March of the year immediately following the reporting year. In an effort to streamline reporting requirements, all Annual Progress Reports and supporting documents are now submitted through the RMS. The due date for submission of the 2025 Annual Report is 31 March 2026. Completing your Annual Report As per the Grant Agreement, the following information should be included in the Annual Progress Report: the extent to which the objectives of the Initiative and the application have been met a summary of research highlights and achievements a summary of other outputs resulting from the use of the grant funds, including any advances in knowledge and technologies measurement and account of performance against Key Performance Indicator targets as set out in section B4. any issues affecting the progress of the grant or its research, and a statement of mitigation strategies employed a detailed activity plan for the next 12 months any other matters which from time to time may be requested in writing by the ARC as matters which must be included in an Annual Report. Financial one-page summary A high-level, one-page financial statement is required in the Annual Progress Report. An example is provided below. Please note that the below table is intended as a guide only and may be adjusted as necessary. Example high level expenditure reporting required for ARC Special Research Initiative. Income is divided across different source types and expenditure is split across high level categories. EXPENSES $ Salaries Travel and Visitor Support Equipment Workshops and Conferences Management and Administration Education, Outreach and Communications PhD Support Other expenses TOTAL Equity and Diversity Metric Gender equity and diversity for roles in an ARC Special Research Initiative are required to be submitted in the Annual Progress Report. Targets are not required for this metric. A template with example data is provided below: *Example metric for Gender Equity and Diversity Gender Equity and Diversity Woman / Female Man / Male Non-binary Different Term Prefer not to answer Total personnel Chief Investigators 7 6 1 4 5 23 Partner Investigators 4 5 1 0 3 13 Postdoctoral Researchers / Research Fellows (ie research staff with a PhD or equivalent) 1 0 0 4 5 10 Administrative staff 13 2 0 3 4 22 Submitting an Annual Progress Report Instructions for completing an Annual Progress Report for an ARC SRI are available below. NCGP Progress Report – SRI Instructions - PDF Format (1.8MB) - Word Format (5.7MB) Reasons for non-lodgement of publications must be reported as part of the Annual Progress Report in RMS using the following excel format. Part H attachment - Excel Format (22KB) Contact Us For further information please contact the Post Award team at the ARC on +61 2 6287 6600 or email ARC-PostAward@arc.gov.au.