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Applications for Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2021 are now open in the Research Management System (RMS) and will close at 5.00pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 4 November 2020.

Key dates for this scheme have been updated on the Grants Calendar available on the ARC website.

The ARC Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Policy has been updated to clarify the types of personal interests that researchers are required to identify and disclose.  Researchers will need to provide this information when they are on an application for ARC research funding, or on the ARC's College of Experts.

Information about a range of personal interests will be gathered through a researcher’s profile in the ARC’s Research Management System (RMS).  The new questions are designed to support transparency of personal interests and to provide a mechanism to declare relationships and support to the Administering Organisation and the ARC.  The information will support Administering Organisations in implementing the Guidelines to Counter Foreign Interference in the Australian Higher Education Sector. 

While the Australian Research Council (ARC) is monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic situation very closely, we are continuing to progress the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP) grant application and peer review processes, as an important role of the ARC is to ensure we deliver funding outcomes that will support researchers in the recovery period and beyond.

To assist researchers and research administrators to plan for the next application round for ARC Centres of Excellence (funding commencing in 2023), the ARC has published the scheme timeline for the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme on the ARC Grants Calendar.

Reminder: Applications for the Linkage Projects scheme for funding applied for in 2020 Assessment Round 2 will close at 5.00pm (AEST) on Wednesday, 12 August 2020.

The ARC is aware that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting researchers and research organisations across Australia in a variety of ways, including those preparing ARC grant applications. Individual researchers are encouraged to contact their Research Office, if they have any questions or require assistance with ARC grant applications.