Discovery Indigenous

Fact Sheet (PDF 247KB)

Visit the following pages for information on recently announced grant outcomes under the Discovery Indigenous scheme:

• Selection Report: Discovery Indigenous 2025
• Funding announcement kit: Discovery Indigenous 2025 Announcement

The ARC is committed to reconciliation, and to supporting and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Discovery Indigenous scheme provides grant funding to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers to:

• expand knowledge base and research capacity in Australia, and
• economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia.

Discovery Indigenous projects:

• support the retention of excellent Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers in higher education institutions to expand research capacity in Australia; 
• support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander researchers as individuals and as teams; 
• enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas and create economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia; and 
• support national and international research collaboration.

Key Documents and Information for the Discovery Indigenous 2026

• Discovery Indigenous Grant Guidelines Forecast Opportunity View—DprogIN2024
• Documentation available via: Discovery Indigenous 2026 Grant Opportunity View—GO7338
• Important dates for Discovery Indigenous 2026 grant application process