ARC Future Fellowships

Key dates for ARC Future Fellowships 2024

Release of Grant Guidelines: 05 October 2023
UQ Research and Innovation (UQ R&I) information session: 11 October 2023
UQ R&I Notice of Intent due: 16 October 2023
Eligibility Exemption Request due to UQ R&I: 01 November 2023
Applications due to UQ R&I: 1 November 2023
Requests Not to Assess due to UQ R&I: 6 November 2023
Requests Not to Assess close with ARC: 9 November 2023
Applications close with ARC: 23 November 2023
Rejoinders: 14 March - 27 March 2024
- Information Session: 9:30AM – 10:30AM 18 March 2024
  - In-Person: 81-313 – Otto Hirschfeld Building, Learning Theatre, St Lucia
  - Available online on the RO presentations and slides webpage
- Review of Assessments due to Research Office: 12PM 18 March 2024
- UQ Internal Close: 20 March 2024
- ARC Deadline: 4PM 27 March 2024
Anticipated announcement: August 2024

UQ Information Session details:

To assist applicants in preparing their proposals, the RO will be hosting an Information Session. Recordings of this session will be made available on the RO presentations and slides webpage for those who are unable to attend. The session will feature a scheme overview, key findings from past rounds, the application and submission process, and a Q&A session with ARC College of Expert members.

Date: 11 October 2023

Time: 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Venue: Physiology Building Learning Theatre (63-358)

Future Fellowships 2024 – eligibility

To be eligible, the candidate must, as at the grant opportunity closing date:

have an award of PhD date on, or between, 1 March 2009 and 1 March 2019; or
have a PhD award date together with an allowable period of career interruptions that would be commensurate with an award of PhD date on, or between, 1 March 2009 and 1 March 2019. The allowable career interruptions set out and the period allowed for each are in Table 5 of the Discovery Fellowship Grant Guidelines (2023 edition).

Overview

The Future Fellowships scheme seeks to retain and attract the best and brightest mid-career researchers to undertake high-quality research programs in areas of national and international benefit. The scheme provides four-year fellowships, and up to $60,000 in additional non-salary funding per annum, to enhance the scale and focus of Australian research, and promote collaboration across industry, research institutions and other disciplines.

How to apply

Internal Notice of Intent, due: 16 October 2023

Researchers intending to submit a 2024 ARC Future Fellowship application are required to submit a mandatory internal Notice of Intent. NOIs will be collated centrally and distributed to Faculties/Institutes weekly to facilitate the earliest commencement of conversations at the School/Institute/Faculty level on applicant suitability and local support towards the Fellowship, including the post-Fellowship pathway.

If you would like to discuss your intention to apply with your local area, please contact your Faculty/Institute Research Manager to assist you in facilitating the conversation.

Step 1. RMS updates and scheme reading

Update your full profile in RMS ‘Person Profile’. If any team members are new to RMS and need a login/password, start early.
Familiarise yourself with the key Australian Research Council (ARC) and UQ documentation.

Step 2. Completing the application

Log into RMS and complete the application.

Step 3. UQ R&I internal review and feedback

Ahead of internal review, ensure all online components are complete/valid, generate a whole Proposal PDF for your records and select 'Submit to Research Office' in RMS to submit the application.
To initiate internal review, email your completed Application Certification Form to UQ R&I at ARC-discovery@research.uq.edu.au
Send UQ R&I a Word version of your draft C2 Statement by the Administering Organisation.
Send UQ R&I a copy of your completed UQ FT24 Pending and Newly Funded ARC Grants Form
Applicants who are completing a Request Not to Assess should complete the RTNA form in RMS and then submit to the Research Office for review. Instructions for creating an RNTA are available on GrantConnect.
Internal review by UQ R&I/feedback provided (compliance/eligibility/grantsmanship).

Step 4. Final submission

Final submission by UQ R&I to the ARC.

Readership and researcher support

Before applying, we recommend you:

Contact your faculty or institute research manager for advice on peer readership programs.
Join the UQ R&I Mailer to stay up to date with round developments.
Access the UQ R&I Grants Library, a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
If offered, attend UQ R&I information sessions and access PowerPoint presentations from presentations and slides.

Key documents

ARC

Before applying, please review the full suite of documents available from GrantConnect, the Australian Government grants information system. (Login required.)

Additional ARC documents

ARC Medical Research Policy

UQ Templates and Forms

Additional resources

A range of resources and workshops from the UQ library are also available to assist researchers applying for this scheme

Prepare a data management plan
Metrics, Impact and Engagement
Online metrics tutorial
Researcher identifiers and profiles
Metrics for grant writing: Sign up for workshop, listen to recorded workshop
Research engagement and impact evidence: Sign up for workshop, listen to recorded workshop

Rejoinders and rebuttal

The assessment comments provided by external assessors may be made available to applicants by the ARC, and applicants may be given the opportunity to submit a rejoinder.

To assist you to prepare rejoinders, the Research Office holds rejoinder information sessions involving senior academics who have served on the ARC's College of Experts and posts the session materials.

Detailed information on the rejoinder process (including instructions for accessing assessment reports and submitting rejoinders) is available from the ARC website. The UQ R&I information session and internal deadlines for assessment review requests and rejoinders are shown under our Key Dates section above.