ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships

Key dates for ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships 2025

NOTE: the following dates are indicative only and may be subject to change

Internal nomination process opens: 14 June 2024
Internal deadline for nominations: 5 pm Friday 19 July 2024
Applications open in RMS: 22 August 2024
Applications due to the Research Office: 4 September 2024
Request Not to Assess due to the Research Office: 11 September 2024
Applications due to ARC: 2 October 2024
Anticipated Rejoinder Period: 29 November 2024 to 12 December 2024
Anticipated announcement: 9 May 2025 to 19 May 2025

Overview

The Australian Laureate Fellowships scheme supports excellence in research by attracting world-class researchers and research leaders to key positions, and creating new rewards and incentives for the application of their talents in Australia. Preference is given to researchers who will play a significant, sustained leadership and mentoring role in building Australia's internationally competitive research capacity.

How to apply

Following the nomination phase, the Research Office's Laureate Fellowships team will work with endorsed nominees on the preparation of their applications to ARC.

Application Process

If your internal nomination is successful, proceed with the application as below:

Step 1. Internal nomination process

Given the extraordinarily competitive nature of the scheme, UQ will again determine its applicant field via a mandatory internal nomination process. Nominations will be accepted through Schools, Centres, Faculties and Institutes. Nominations should be submitted as soon as possible to ARC-Discovery@research.uq.edu.au and include:

nomination form (DOCX, 2.1 MB)*
an up-to-date CV of the nominee;
a brief supporting statement from the Executive Dean/Associate Dean Research/Institute Director/Institute Deputy Director as to the strength of the candidate and their alignment with UQ impact themes and areas of recognised strength, or other strategies being spearheaded by the Faculty/Institute.
An email of support from Head of Department (i.e. Head of School) if different from supporting statement provider.

Step 2. RMS updates and scheme reading

Update your full profile in the RMS ‘Person Profile’. If any team members are new to RMS and need a login/password. We strongly recommend starting this process early.
Familiarise yourself with key Australian Research Council (ARC) and UQ documentation. It is especially important to familiarise yourself with ARC's Grant Guidelines and Instructions to Applicants documents.

Step 3. Completing the application

Log into RMS create an application and make sure UQ is listed as the Administering Organisation.
Use the UQ templates available below to draft your documents to be uploaded to your application in RMS.
Complete the application in RMS.
When ready for review, ensure all online components are complete and valid, generate a whole application PDF for your records and select 'Submit to Research Office' in RMS.

Step 4. UQ R&I internal review and feedback

To initiate internal review, email your completed Application Certification Form and UQ Pending and Newly Funded ARC grants form to the Research Office at arc-discovery@research.uq.edu.au. Please note that RMS does not alert the Research Office when you create or submit an application in RMS.
If you are lodging a Request not to Assess (RNTA), please note that applicants should complete the ‘Request Not to Assess’ form in RMS (instructions are available below) and then submit to the Research Office for review by the date stated in key dates above. Instructions for creating a RNTA will be made available on GrantConnect.

Step 5. Final submission

When your application is complete and fully compliant, the UQ Research Office will submit the application to the ARC through RMS.

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 Library of Successful Grants, a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
If offered, attend UQ R&I information sessions and access presentations and slides for PowerPoint presentations.

Key documents

ARC

Documents for 2025 Australian Laureate Fellowships will be made available on GrantConnect when the round opens.

Additional ARC documents

UQ

Email ARC-Discovery@research.uq.edu.au for templates and resources.

Rejoinders and rebuttal

In the ARC assessment and rejoinder process, comments from external assessors may be made available to applicants, and applicants given the opportunity to submit a rejoinder.

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