Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council (ARC) administers the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), funding blue-sky and applied practical research, research training, research collaboration and infrastructure across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research.
ARC schemes and deadlines are listed in the table below and on the ARC Grants Calendar.
ARC funding application templates and resources
Upcoming rounds
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Linkage Projects
Link Round Internal EoI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationLP25 R2 Internal EOI 3 April 2025 Full review:
4 June 2025Mandatory compliance review:
18 June 202525 June 2025 Further
informationLP26 Internal EOI 14 Jan 2026 Full review:
25 Feb 2026Mandatory compliance review:
11 March 202618 March 2026 -
Future Fellowships
Link Round Internal EoI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationFT26 24 Sept 2025 Full review:
15 Oct 2025Mandatory compliance review:
29 Oct 20255 Nov 2025 -
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
Link Round Internal EoI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationIH26 Please contact RD Team
17 Sept 2025 Full review:
5 Nov 2025Mandatory compliance review:
19 Nov 202526 Nov 2025 -
Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Link Round Internal EoI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationIC26
Please contact RD Team
17 Sept 2025
Full review:
5 Nov 2025Mandatory compliance review:
19 Nov 202526 Nov 2025
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Discovery Projects (ARC EoI & ARC invited full application)
ARC EOI Further information DPEI27 Please contact RD Team
3 Nov 2025 Full review:
21 Nov 2025Mandatory compliance review:
5 Dec 202512 Dec 2025 ARC invited full application Further information DP27 N/A 2 Mar 2026 Full review:
1 Apr 2026Mandatory compliance review:
15 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 -
Discovery Early Career Research Awards
Link Round Internal EoI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationDE27 Please contact RD Team 28 Jan 2026 Full review:
18 Feb 2026Mandatory compliance review:
4 Mar 202611 Mar 2026 -
Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
Link Round Internal EoI deadline Applications open Internal deadline External deadline Further
informationLE27 Please contact RD Team 22 Jan 2026 Full review:
19 Mar 2026Mandatory compliance review:
2 Apr 20269 Apr 2026 -
Centres of Excellence
Phase Link Round Internal EOI deadline* Applications open Internal deadline External deadline ARC EOI Further
informationCE26 EOI Contact 13 Aug 2024 28 Aug 2024 18 Sept 2024 ARC invited full application Further
informationCE 26 N/A 14 Jan 2025 27 Feb 2025 3 April 2025 -
Australian Laureate Fellowships
The ARC has announced that following the completion of the Australian Laureate Fellowship (FL25) round (currently under review), the scheme will be paused until the NCGP Policy Review is finalised.
For further information please see ARC Grants Calendar.
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Early Career Industry Fellowship
The ARC has announced that following the completion of the Early Career Industry Fellowship (IE25) round (currently under review), the scheme will be paused until the NCGP Policy Review is finalised.
For further information please see ARC Grants Calendar.
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Mid-Career Industry Fellowship
The ARC has announced that following the completion of the Mid-Career Industry Fellowship (IM25) round (currently under review), the scheme will be paused until the NCGP Policy Review is finalised.
For further information please see ARC Grants Calendar.
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Industry Laureate Fellowships
The ARC has announced that following the completion of the Industry Laureate Fellowship (IL25) round (currently under review), the scheme will be paused until the NCGP Policy Review is finalised.
For further information please see ARC Grants Calendar.
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Discovery Indigenous
The ARC has announced that following the completion of the Discovery Indigenous (IN26) round (currently under review), the scheme will be paused until the NCGP Policy Review is finalised.
For further information please see ARC Grants Calendar.
Contact us
Pre-Award team - Research Services
Faculty contacts
- ABLE: Xiaochun Liu and Julia Kuliwaba
- HMS: Lesley Ritter and Farhana Alam
- SET: Weiping Xu and Shaneen Cunningham-Moody