GrantConnect is used to publish all Forecast Opportunities, Grant Opportunities, all Grant Opportunity Guidelines and all addenda/alterations.
The Grant Opportunity Guidelines (formerly known as Funding Rules) are not published on the ARC webiste.
To access all relevant documentation for Grant Opportunities, please sign in or create a User Registration account in GrantConnect.
Please refer to the ARC GrantConnect information page or the GrantConnect website for information.
Previous versions of Grant Guidelines (for scheme rounds with funding commencing from to 2018) are available on GrantConnect. Funding Rules (for scheme rounds with funding commencing prior to 2018) are available on the Australian Government Web Archive (AGWA) snapshot of the ARC website which can be accessed via Trove.
Latest Discovery Program Grant Guidelines:
Grant Guidelines for Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2024
Grant Guidelines for Future Fellowships for funding commencing in 2024
Grant Guidelines for Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for funding commencing in 2025
Grant Guidelines for Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2025
Grant Guidelines for Discovery Indigenous for funding commencing in 2025
Previous Discovery Program Grant Guidelines:
Discovery Program Grant Guidelines (2021 edition) are available on GrantConnect.
The schemes covered under the 2021 edition of the Discovery Program Grant Guidelines are:
- Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2022 and 2023
- Future Fellowships for funding commencing in 2022 and 2023
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for funding commencing in 2023 and 2024
- Discovery Indigenous for funding commencing in 2023 and 2024
- Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2023 and 2024
Discovery Program Grant Guidelines (2019 edition) are available on GrantConnect.
The schemes covered under the 2019 edition of the Discovery Program Grant Guidelines are:
- Australian Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2020 and 2021
- Future Fellowships for funding commencing in 2020 and 2021
- Discovery Early Career Researcher Award for funding commencing in 2021 and 2022
- Discovery Indigenous for funding commencing in 2021 and 2022
- Discovery Projects for funding commencing in 2021 and 2022