The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides grant funding to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers to:
The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides grant funding to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers to:
Project Funding: Between $30,000 and $500,000 per year
Project Duration: Up to five consecutive years
DAATSIA salary: Requested and/or awarded at one of five salary levels as specified in Table 11 of the Grant Guidelines. The DAATSIA salary is counted towards the $500,000 maximum level of funding per year
DAATSIA salary duration: Up to five consecutive years on a full-time basis. A DAATSIA may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding eight consecutive years
Investigator(s)/Capability – 35%
Project Quality and Innovation – 40%
Benefit – 15%
Mentoring and capacity building – 10%
Draft Project Description and Budget due to the Research Grants Team: 27 November 2023
Release of Grant Guidelines: To be advised
Applications open in the ARC RMS system: 22 November 2023
Request Not to Assess internal deadline: To be advised
Request Not to Assess Closes to the ARC: To be advised
Full draft due to the Research Grants Team: 29 September 2023
Final Applications due to the Research Grants Team: 31 January 2024
Applications Close to the ARC: 21 February 2024
Rejoinders: To be advised
Anticipated Announcement: 24 September to 8 October 2024
Contact your Faculty ADR/Institute Director or Faculty/Institute Research Manager for advice on peer review programs.
Support for grant applications
ACU Library’s Impact Service can provide evidence of research performance which can be used in grant applications. They can also advise on Research Data Management Plans and Open Access requirements.
Researchers can request a consultation with a Senior Librarian by emailing the following:
Education and Arts – LibraryFEA@acu.edu.au
Health Sciences – LibrarySoAH@acu.edu.au
Law and Business – LibraryFLB@acu.edu.au
Theology and Philosophy – LibraryFTP@acu.edu.au
Support for grant applications
The ACU eResearch team can assist with:
The eResearch team can be contacted via email e.Research@acu.edu.au
ARC
ARC Discovery Indigenous webpage
Discovery Indigenous factsheet (PDF, 247KB)
Discovery Projects Grant Guidelines 2021 edition (PDF, 1.22MB)
Instructions to Applicants – (To be added when the scheme opens on November 22)
Sample Application Form - (To be added when the scheme opens on November 22)
Discovery Program Draft Grant Agreement - (To be added when the scheme opens on November 22)
Frequently Asked Questions – (To be added when the scheme opens on November 22)
RMS User Guide - Requesting and Maintaining an RMS User Account (PDF, 1.55MB)
RMS User Guide – Submitting an Application in RMS (PDF, 1.98MB)
RMS User Guide – Submitting a Request Not to Assess (PDF, 622MB)
Australian Government Science and Research Priorities
Articulating National Interest in grant applications
ACU
How to Submit a Project Registration Online Form (PROF) in Orion (PDF, 927KB)
Pre-Award Salaries Calculator (XLSX, 317KB)
ACU Academic Staff and Professional Staff salaries
Rejoinders
As part of the ARC assessment process the assessment comments provided by external assessors are made available to applicants prior to the final assessments being conducted by the Selection Advisory Committee. The rejoinder process then allows applicants to respond to assessment comments made by external assessors.
Instructions for accessing assessments and submitting your rejoinder text in RMS (PDF, 610KB)
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