Australian Research Council

This article is about the non-medical research funding body in Australia. For the medical research agency, see National Health and Medical Research Council.

Australian Research Council
Council overview
Formed2001 (2001)
JurisdictionAustralian Government
HeadquartersCanberra
Employees140
Annual budget A$934.6 million (2023–24),
Minister responsible
Council executive
  • Professor Ute Roessner, CEO
Key document
Websitearc.gov.au

The Australian Research Council (ARC) is a Commonwealth entity established as an independent body under the Australian Research Council Act 2001, reporting to the Minister for Education.

The ARC's purpose is to help shape Australian research for the nation's economic, social, environmental and cultural benefit:

  1. enabling research,
  2. evaluating the excellence, impact and depth of Australian research,
  3. providing advice and research grants services, and
  4. supporting research integrity and promoting ethical research.

The ARC supports early-stage research through the National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP), which supports approximately $1 billion per year of research to individuals, teams and large-scale centres in all disciplines except for medical.

Since 2011, ARC has awarded the annual Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship and the Georgina Sweet Australian Laureate Fellowship, which are research fellowships for female Australian and international researchers, intended to support innovative research programs and mentor early career researchers.


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