Appendix 2: National Competitive Grants Program statistics
This appendix provides information to support the Annual Performance Statement for Key Activity 1: Funding the highest quality research.
Table A1: Discovery Program funding commencing in 2017–18 to 2019–20
Scheme | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
Australian Laureate Fellowships | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Number of applications | 112 | 134 | 149 |
Number of awards | 17 | 16 | 17 |
Success rate (%) | 15.2 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
Total funding ($) | 47,025,969 | 46,414,107 | 53,753,052 |
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 1212 | 1162 | 1248 |
Number of awards | 197 | 200 | 200 |
Success rate (%) | 16.3 | 17.2 | 16 |
Total funding ($) | 70,940,411 | 76,912,659 | 81,838,415 |
Discovery Indigenous | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 38 | 31 | 29 |
Number of awards | 13 | 12 | 7 |
Success rate (%) | 34.2 | 38.7 | 24.1 |
Total funding ($) | 7,210,045 | 6,749,419 | 4,688,884 |
Discovery Projects | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 3,136 | 2,921 | 2,875 |
Number of awards | 594 | 654 | 660 |
Success rate (%) | 18.9 | 22.4 | 23 |
Total funding ($) | 225,661,033 | 262,590,367 | 284,952,924 |
Future Fellowships | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Number of applications | 294 | 509 | 589 |
Number of awards | 91 | 100 | 100 |
Success rate (%) | 31 | 19.6 | 17 |
Total funding ($) | 77,004,106 | 84,723,377 | 87,843,444 |
Table A2: Linkage Program funding commencing in 2017–18 to 2019–20
Scheme | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
ARC Centres of Excellence | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of Expressions of Interest (EOI) | n/a | n/a | 93 |
Number of EOI shortlisted | n/a | n/a | 20 |
EOI success rate (%) | n/a | n/a | 21.5 |
Number of applications funded | n/a | n/a | 9 |
Application success rate (%) | n/a | n/a | 45 |
Total funding ($) | n/a | n/a | 308,790,287 |
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 9 | 13 | 16 |
Number of awards | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Success rate (%) | 44.4 | 30.8 | 31.3 |
Total funding ($) | 17,971,900 | 18,104,299 | 24,950,000 |
Industrial Transformation Training Centres1 | 2018 | 20198 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 28 | 25 | 31 |
Number of awards | 7 | 6 | 5 |
Success rate (%) | 25 | 24 | 16.1 |
Total funding ($) | 28,922,441 | 24,072,165 | 24,334,385 |
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 171 | 144 | 164 |
Number of awards | 50 | 36 | 47 |
Success rate (%) | 29.2 | 25 | 28.7 |
Total funding ($) | 28,576,391 | 27,421,223 | 30,672,752 |
Linkage Learned Academies Special Projects2 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | 10 | n/a | n/a |
Number of awards | 5 | n/a | n/a |
Success rate (%) | 50 | n/a | n/a |
Total funding ($) | 1,149,565 | n/a | n/a |
Linkage Projects3 4 5 | 2017 | 2018 | 20198 |
Number of applications | 417 | 448 | 432 |
Number of awards | 132 | 140 | 175 |
Success rate (%) | 31.7 | 31.3 | 40.5 |
Total funding ($) | 53,330,220 | 60,550,623 | 78,187,269 |
Special Research Initiatives6 7 | 2017–185 | 2018–195 8 | 2019–206 |
Number of applications | 31 | 22 | 20 |
Number of awards | 9 | 4 | 2 |
Success rate (%) | 29 | 18.2 | 10 |
Total funding ($) | 8,166,350 | 2,664,878 | 56,000,000 |
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Number of applications | n/a | 2 | n/a |
Number of awards | n/a | 2 | n/a |
Success rate (%) | n/a | 100 | n/a |
Total funding ($) | n/a | 417,941 | n/a |
Notes
- Outcomes for IC19 had not been announced in time for publication in the ARC Annual Report 2018–19. The results have been included in this report in 2018–19.
- No funding round was scheduled for 2019 or 2020.
- Linkage Projects 2019 includes all applications received for funding under the 2019 selection round. Funding for projects in the 2019 selection round may commence in 2019 or 2020.
- Linkage Projects 2017 includes all applications received for funding under the 2017 selection round. Funding for projects in the 2017 selection round may commence in 2017 or 2018.
- Linkage Projects 2018 includes all applications received for funding under the 2018 selection round. Funding for projects in the 2018 selection round may commence in 2018 or 2019.
- The Special Research Initiative reported in 2018–19 is the Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Remediation Research Program. Outcomes for the second round of SR18 had not been announced in time for publication in the ARC Annual Report 2018–19. The results have been included in this report in 2018–19.
- The Special Research Initiative reported in 2019–20 is the Excellence in Antarctic Science (SRIEAS) Program.
- In the above performance reporting against Key Activity 1 a number of KPI performance figures are different to those previously reported in the 2018–19 Annual Report. As noted in last year’s Annual Report, some of the 2018–19 figures did not include ITRP data. This was due to the outcomes and data of ITRP rounds not yet being finalised and available for inclusion in the report. The ITRP data has now been included in the 2018–19 figures reported in the current 2019–20 Annual Report. The inclusion of this data now shows an accurate reflection of the ARC’s performance in 2018–19 and provides comparable data to assess against this year’s performance.
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