ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships

Key dates for ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships 2024

Internal nomination (DOCX, 2.1 MB) process opens: 12 May 2023
Internal deadline for nominations: Monday 3 July 2023
Applications open in RMS: 16 August 2023
Applications due to UQ Research and Innovation (UQ R&I): Tuesday 5 September 2023
Applications close with the Australian Research Council (ARC): Tuesday 10 October 2023

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

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 ARCFellowships@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.

*Please note, if you are an FL23 applicant awaiting your results, you are not required to complete the Executive Summary section of the nomination form. However, you will be required to provide the other necessary attachments.

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. 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 and valid, generate a whole Application PDF for your records and select 'Submit to Research Office' in RMS to submit the application.
To initiate review, email your completed FL24 Application Certification Form to UQ R&I at arc-discovery@research.uq.edu.au
If lodging a Request Not to Assess, complete the form in RMS by the internal closing date.
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

Documents for 2024 Australian Laureate Fellowships will be made available on GrantConnect when the round opens.

Additional ARC documents

UQ

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

Rejoinders and rebuttal

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

UQ R&I works closely with individual applicants in submitting Australian Laureate Fellowship rejoinders and for this reason does not provide institution-wide workshops or seminars.

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 internal deadline for rejoinders is shown in the Key Dates section.