ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)

Please email the proposal PDF to seapgrants@adelaide.edu.au.

If the proposal arrives on or before the proposal review internal deadline, the team will perform a full review, providing formatting and editing advice as well as eligibility and compliance.

Proposals received after this date will receive an eligibility review as a minimum, and a full review only if resources allow.

Before your application can be submitted to the to the ARC via RMS:

• submit a fully completed and eligible proposal in RMS, to the Research Office
• login and complete your RFR (replaces Application Coversheet)

The ARC certification is not required for DECRA - applicants and their Head of School provide certification via the online RFR.

ARC Application Workshops

• Timing your Application

ARC Application section guides (MP4)

• RMS Personal profile
• Section A Administrative summary
• Section B Classifications and other statistical information
• Section C Project eligibility
• Section D Project description
• Section E Project cost
• Section F Participant details (including ROPE)

ARC

• ARC DECRA website
• ARC grant guidelines & instructions to applicants - GrantConnect GO5768

University of Adelaide resources

• DE24 Better Bidding Guide
• DE24 Section-by-Section User Guide
• Research metrics guide
• Generating an Application Word Cloud
• Salary calculator for ARC proposals (commencing 2024)
• Importing research outputs to RMS
• Full eligibility checklist
• Eligibility exemption request

University of Adelaide templates

• DE A4 Application summary
• DE A5 National interest test statement
• DE D2 Project description
• DE D3 Statement by administering organisation
• DE E2 Justification of non-salary funding requested from the ARC
• DE E3 Details of non-ARC contributions
• DE F1 Personal details
• DE F6 Research load (non-ARC grants & research)
• DE F17 Research opportunity & performance evidence (ROPE)