Future Fellowships reflect the Australian Government’s commitment to excellence in research by supporting excellent mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.
Future Fellowships reflect the Australian Government’s commitment to excellence in research by supporting excellent mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.
The Future Fellowships scheme objectives are to:
| Fellowship Salary |
Requested and/or awarded at one of three salary levels including on-costs (see Table 4 of the Grant Guidelines) |
|
Fellowship Salary duration |
Four consecutive years on a full-time basis. A Future Fellowship may be undertaken on a part-time basis not exceeding eight consecutive years |
|
Project funding |
Up to $60,000 per year |
|
Project funding duration |
Four consecutive years full-time |
Investigator/Capability – 50%
Project Quality and Innovation – 25%
Benefit – 15%
Feasibility and strategic alignment – 10%
To be eligible, the candidate must, as at the grant opportunity closing date:
Draft Project Description, Budget and Statement by the Administering Organisation due to the Research Grants Team: 29 August 2023
Release of Grant Guidelines: 9 August 2023
Applications open in the ARC RMS system: 5 October 2023
Request Not to Assess internal deadline: 6 November 2023
Request Not to Assess Closes to the ARC: 9 November 2023
Final Applications due to the Research Grants Team: 2 November 2023
Applications Close to the ARC: 23 November 2023
Rejoinders: 14 March to 27 March 2024
Anticipated Announcement: 25 July to 7 August 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
Future Fellowship factsheet (PDF, 250KB)
Discovery Fellowships Grant Guidelines 2023 edition (PDF, 630KB)
Summary of Changes – Discovery Fellowships Grant Guidelines 2023 (PDF, 253KB)
Instructions to Applicants – (To be added when the scheme opens on October 5)
Sample Application Form - (To be added when the scheme opens on October 5)
Discovery Program Draft Grant Agreement - (To be added when the scheme opens on October 5)
Frequently Asked Questions – (To be added when the scheme opens on October 5)
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, 622KB)
Australian Government Science and Research Priorities
Articulating National Interest in grant applications
How to Submit a Project Registration Online Form (PROF) in Orion (PDF, 927KB)
Pre-Award Salaries Calculator (XLSX, 319KB)
ACU Academic Staff and Professional Staff salaries
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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