Australian Laureate Fellowships

Previously known as Federation Fellowship this scheme is open to applications from outstanding researchers of international reputation, particularly encouraging proposals involving Australian and non-Australian researchers currently working overseas.  It provides Project Funding in addition to a salary supplement and salary-related (on-cost) support.  Fellows must play a leadership and mentoring role in building Australia's international competitive research capacity.  The ARC particulary encourages prosposals from women and early-to-mid-career researchers.

Discovery Indigenous Researcher Development

This scheme provides salary support to researchers and postgraduate research students of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent to develop research expertise that is competitive for mainstream funding. Eligible researchers must be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent. Applicants do not have to hold a PhD, but must have completed a research degree or have equivalent research experience.

Discovery Projects

This scheme provides funding for research projects that can be undertaken by individual researchers or research teams.  The scheme also incorporates a range of fellowships from postdoctoral to professorial levels.

Future Fellowships

This scheme is aimed at attracting the best mid-career researchers to Australia, and encouraging outstanding domestice researchers currently based overseas to return to Australia.  Preference is given to researchers with a capacity to build cross-disciplinary collaboration between industry and research institutions.

Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities)

The LIEF scheme provides funding for large-scale cooperative initiatives so that expensive infrastructure, equipment and facilities can be shared by researchers in partnered organisations with the aim of promoting collaboration.

Linkage International

Supports collaboration and the movement of researchers between Australian research organisations and overseas research centres.

Two types of support are available:

• ARC International Fellowships (ARCIFs):
  Provides salary funding for research fellows to work in Australian or overseas organisations. A number of fellowship types are available for a period of up to 12 months. Australia-based researchers must have at least one Overseas Investigator named on the proposal. Candidates must not have previously received an ARCIF. Only one ARCIF may be requested per proposal.
   
• Internationally Coordinated Initiatives (ICIs):
  Collaborative schemes between the ARC and overseas agencies which fund research in targeted areas as defined by each specific initiative.

Linkage Projects

This scheme supports collaborative research and development projects between higher education organisations and other organisations including industry, to enable the application of advanced knowledge to problems.  Typically, research projects funded under the scheme involve risk.

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