New Funding Rules for ARC Discovery Program and Linkage Program

The ARC have released Funding Rules for both the Linkage and Discovery Programmes. Dates for upcoming schemes have been posted on the ARC web site, but are listed as "indicative time ​ frames and subject to change". Please visit the ARC important dates page for any updates.

IMPORTANT: Please be advised that there has been a major change to eligibility rules for Future Fellows. Candidates may now apply THREE times over the period in which they are eligible (See section C6.1.2 of Discovery Funding Rules).

Additional guidance material on the major rule changes is available on the respective Funding Rules pages.  ​Please direct queries to the ARC, Grants & Contracts Team at MRO (mro-applications@monash.edu).

The Funding Rules include rules for the following funding schemes:

Discovery Program

• Australian Laureate Fellowships 2018
• Future Fellowships  2018
• Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2019
• Discovery Indigenous 2019
• Discovery Projects 2019

Linkage Program

• Industrial Transformation Research Hubs 2018
• Industrial Transformation Training Centres 2018
• Linkage Projects 2018
• Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities 2019

Additional guidance material on the major rule changes has also been made available on the respective Funding Rules pages.

The ARC will provide further notification when schemes open and the RMS Proposal Forms and other relevant scheme documentation become available.