ARC Centres of Excellence

Fact Sheet (PDF 254KB)

For information on recently announced grant outcomes under the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme please visit the following pages:

Selection Report: ARC Centres of Excellence for 2023
Funding announcement kit: ARC Centres of Excellence 2023 Announcement

ARC Centres of Excellence are focal points of expertise through which high-quality researchers maintain and develop Australia’s international standing in research areas of national priority.

Through the ARC Centres of Excellence, significant collaborations occur between universities, publicly funded research organisations, other research bodies, governments, and businesses in Australia and overseas, all to support outstanding research.

Program objectives

The objectives for the ARC Centres of Excellence are to:

undertake innovative and potentially transformational research
link existing Australian research strengths to address the most challenging and significant research problems
develop relationships and build new networks with major national and international centres and research programs
build Australia’s human capacity in a range of research areas
provide high-quality postgraduate and postdoctoral training environments
offer Australian researchers opportunities to work on large-scale problems
establish Centres that have an impact on the wider community through interaction with higher education institutions, governments, industry and the private and non-profit sectors.

Applications for funding of ARC Centres of Excellence are invited periodically. Grants are made to organisations, not individual researchers or research teams. Applicants should familiarise themselves with the relevant Grant Guidelines and Grant Agreements.

Who is this for?

The ARC Centres of Excellence Program (CE) supports high quality groups of researchers working in areas of national and international importance for Australia. Centres of Excellence partner with strategic industry and research organisations from Australia and around the World.

How do I apply?

University Research Offices manage applications for any ARC scheme. Interested researchers should contact the relevant Research Office who will assist in preparing and submitting an application through the ARC’s Research Management System.

How do I find out more?

The Grant Guidelines provide further detail on the scheme, including eligibility requirements and assessment criteria. These are published on Grant Connect.

Opening and closing dates are listed on the ARC’s Grant's Calendar.

If you are an applicant and have any queries about this scheme please contact a university research office in the first instance.

Key Documents

Contact

The ARC can be contacted for queries about ARC Centres of Excellence at arc-ncgp@arc.gov.au