Money, where it sits.

Department of Defence

$50.0M – $50.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The objective of the grant is to provide funding which will then be used by the United Stated Department of Defense to d...

NSW Government — Transport for NSW

? – $20.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The Link will deliver upgrades to existing sections to allow for walking and bike riding, as well as filling in missing links over time to create a continuous route along the foreshore.

NSW Government — Aboriginal Affairs

? – $5.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The NSW Closing the Gap Partnership Ad Hoc Grant Round provides funding by invitation only to support initiatives identified under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap

NSW Government

? – $1.4M

Closes 2026-06-30

This grant funds a single statewide provider to help older people in supported accommodation understand and exercise their rights through free, independent information, advice, advocacy and education.

NSW Government — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

? – $4.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The competitive bid funding option is designed to support organisations with larger fleets that are beyond the pilot phase of their transition to EVs.

NSW Government — Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development

? – $25.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The Regional Development Trust Government Priority & Partnerships investment pathway provides for investment of Trust funds in projects identified by the NSW Government consistent with the Trust's key focus areas.

The University of Melbourne

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-06-30

Domestic and Family violence and border-related harm. This project aims to explore how Australia's migration system intersects with the experience of domestic and family violence for temporary visa holders. By drawing on the accounts of former temporary visa holders via interviews in Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and India, and examining the migration system and processes evident in formal accounts including coronial findings and sentencing judgements, the project expects to generate new knowledge about connections between migration systems and domestic and family violence. This should provide significant benefits by laying the ground for reform and recommendations to support policy makers and stakeholders more broadly to create better conditions for women’s safety.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1602 - Criminology. Lead: Prof Marie Segrave

The University of Adelaide

? – $1.2M

Closes 2026-06-30

Fine Tuning: A Reconciliation of Indigenous and Western Musical Traditions. Focusing on central Australian song lines, the project strengthens our knowledge, understanding and application of the intricate tuning systems that underpin traditional Indigenous musical practices. Employing a unique methodology that combines Indigenous and contemporary Western musical performance practices with cutting-edge digital technologies, the project will show how the highly nuanced and sophisticated tunings at the heart of Indigenous music-making can be preserved when transposed to contemporary Western art music contexts. In so doing, the case is made for a more genuine, equitable dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous music-makers, to the mutual benefit of musicians, audiences, and society at large. . Scheme: Discovery Indigenous. Field: 4501 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture, Language and History. Lead: Dr Dylan Crismani

The University of Western Australia

? – $1.5M

Closes 2026-06-30

An operando characterisation platform for clean energy transition in WA. This project aims to investigate the transitional properties of energy materials in clean energy generation, storage, conversion, and utilisation under real synthesis and catalysis conditions by establishing an in situ and operando analysis platform. The project expects to generate new knowledge in materials chemistry and reaction kinetics with varying temperature, gases, light, and/or electrolytes. Expected outcomes include innovative catalyst design strategies and insights into clean energy transition and decarbonisation, as well as enhanced interdisciplinary collaborations. This research will provide significant benefits, such as the development of new knowledge and technology, contributing to Australia's transition towards clean energy.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 4016 - Materials Engineering. Lead: Prof Hongqi Sun

The University of New South Wales

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-06-30

Constitutional Design & Democratic Resilience . Democracy is under stress worldwide. Both new and longstanding are seeing waves of democratic erosion. In many cases, this erosion is also taking new and more subtle forms, which are harder to detect than outright coups or suspensions of democracy – that is, they involve a form of “abusive constitutional change” that uses existing legal democratic norms and processes to subvert democracy from within. This Project will investigate the nature and scope of this problem of abusive constitutional change, as well as potential solutions through constitutional design. It will offer new theoretical insights for the field of comparative constitutional studies, and practical insights for policymakers in Australia and globally.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1801 - Law. Lead: Prof Rosalind Dixon

Cooper Rice-Brading Foundation Ltd

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

Funds the development of precision therapies for childhood sarcomas through a collaborative, crowdsourced research model.

NSW Government

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

Mental Health Research Grants support researchers working on new and emerging treatment approaches for severe and persistent mental illness, with a focus on basic science and pre-clinical research.

NSW Government — Screen NSW

? – $42.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

Screen NSW's Post, Digital and Visual Effects Rebate supports companies and practitioners carrying out PDV work in NSW.

NSW Government — Crown Lands

? – $4.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The Crown Land Project Support Program (CLPSP) is part of the Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF) which is established under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 (Act). Providing funding for Crown Land Managers to enhance Crown reserves.

NSW Government — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

? – $4.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

The competitive bid funding option is designed to support organisations with larger fleets that are beyond the pilot phase of their transition to EVs.

NSW Government — Screen NSW

? – $5.8M

Closes 2026-06-30

The NSW Government is offering a 10 per cent rebate for eligible digital games production. Games must have a Qualifying NSW Expenditure of at least AU$350,000 to be eligible.

Charles Darwin University

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

Caring for Cosmologies: Making Living Maps for West Miyarrka. This project aims to develop a new kind of digital mapping to document endangered forms of knowledge along a coastline under threat from climate change. The project expects to draw on unique Yolngu knowledge practices and representational systems - with traditional owners and managers guiding digital media experts, rangers and artists. Expected outcomes include: 1) expanded Indigenous research capacities and digital expertise; and, 2) access to novel resources for a new generation of Indigenous leaders. Benefits include: enhanced intergenerational and intercultural knowledge transmission and negotiation; methods adaptable to other Indigenous contexts; and greater national recognition of Indigenous seeing and caring for country.. Scheme: Discovery Indigenous. Field: 0502 - Environmental Science and Management. Lead: Ms Enid Wunungmurra

Flinders University

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-06-30

Strategic Friendship: Anglo-German Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific Region. This project aims to investigate the untold history of Anglo-German cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region through hitherto neglected German archival materials. These materials point to thriving and thick webs of mutual assistance in cultural, scientific, economic, military and political affairs that successfully weakened local sovereignty but ended abruptly with World War One. The project expects to produce a new history challenging century-long Anglophone understandings of Anglo-German antagonism in the Asia-Pacific region. Its benefits include providing new knowledge of the history of great power relations in the Asia-Pacific region and establishing an improved historical framework for understanding strategic cooperation in our region.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 2103 - Historical Studies. Lead: Prof Matthew Fitzpatrick

NSW Government — NSW Reconstruction Authority

$500K – $142.5M

Closes 2026-07-01

The Disaster Ready Fund Round 4 is open for applications from eligible applicants delivering disaster resilience and mitigation projects.

The University of Sydney

? – $1.3M

Closes 2026-07-02

Dedicated High-throughput 3D-Electron Diffractometer. This proposal aims to install the first dedicated high-throughput 3D-electron diffractometer in the Southern Hemisphere, and one of the first in the world. It will be able to rapidly solve the atomic-scale structures of molecules and materials for which this is now extremely difficult and time-consuming – or impossible – due to the inability to grow large enough crystals for traditional X-ray diffraction. It will thus provide a significant advantage for chemists, physicists, biologists, geologists, and engineers who rely on detailed structural knowledge to rationally optimise the properties of their compounds, from pharmaceutical activity to carbon capture to superconductivity, to the substantial benefit of multiple national priority areas.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3402 - Inorganic Chemistry. Lead: Prof Chris Ling

RMIT University

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-07-07

Redesigning apartment policy standards for health and wellbeing. This project aims to examine the impact of apartment design standards on residents’ health and wellbeing. It seeks to (1) identify a refined set of evidence-informed quantifiable policy standards that protect residents’ health and wellbeing; and (2) evaluate their uptake by industry and barriers to implementation. Many design standards are based on intuition and experience rather than empirical evidence, and little is known about whether the standards and thresholds stipulated are sufficient to support health. Expected outcomes include tailored policy-specific recommendations for design policy and the planning of apartment precincts. Benefits include the delivery of convivial, equitable, healthy and sustainable apartment housing.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning. Lead: Dr Sarah Foster

The Australian National University

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-07-20

Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI. Public and private actors are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to exercise power over citizens, who are increasingly unsure whether to accept that power. AI faces a crisis of legitimacy. This project aims to use technically- and empirically-grounded philosophy to make Australia a global leader in the study and design of legitimate AI. The project expects to launch and make fundamental progress in a new field: the Political Philosophy of AI. Expected outcomes include new strategies shared with industry and government partners for designing and deploying legitimate AI systems. Expected benefits include the opportunity to enjoy the public and private efficiencies enabled by AI, without compromising our freedom and equality.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1606 - Political Science. Lead: Prof Seth Lazar

NSW Government — Screen NSW

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-07-27

The Made in NSW - TV Drama Fund will support high-end feature film and television drama productions, produced by Australian production companies, which are genuinely footloose and can shoot in NSW.

University of Technology Sydney

? – $2.2M

Closes 2026-07-30

ARC Research Hub for Nutrients in a Circular Economy (NiCE). Urban utilities are in need to design resilient wastewater infrastructure to tackle the pressures of urban intensification, waterways pollution and climate change. This Hub aims to transform the wastewater industry with an unprecedented, city-scale circular economy of nutrients based on urine separation and processing at building level, to produce safe and effective liquid fertilisers. By engaging with stakeholders across the value chain, this Hub expects to bring two urine processing technologies to commercial readiness, and to produce new regulations and business models for the circular economy. This will add resilience to the wastewater and urban farming industries, and will create market opportunities for new Australian technologies.. Scheme: Industrial Transformation Research Hubs. Field: 0907 - Environmental Engineering. Lead: Prof Ho Kyong Shon

Swinburne University of Technology

? – $1.2M

Closes 2026-07-31

Digital and data literacies for sexual health policy and practice. New digital practices present significant challenges for the fields of sexual health promotion and sexual healthcare provision. This Fellowship brings sexual health policy-makers and professionals into dialogue with young adult users of digital apps and social platforms, via participatory co-design methods. Outcomes include theoretical and applied frameworks for digital literacy and data literacy in the context of sexual health. Outputs include knowledge-translation resources for sexual health professionals that will help them better engage with young adult’s everyday practices of digitally mediated intimacy, in the context of broader understandings of content moderation and regulation, platform governance, data privacy and data security. . Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 2001 - Communication and Media Studies. Lead: Prof Katherine Albury

The University of Adelaide

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-07-31

Pathways for Indigenous and Western knowledge into Environmental Policy. The aim of this project is to identify the ways in which all knowledge, particularly Western and Indigenous knowledges can work together to inform environmental policy, with a focus on climate change adaptation. Using participatory methodologies and supported by an Indigenous led advisory group, the project will partner with Indigenous Ranger groups to interrogate three key knowledge management concepts: integration, co-production and co-existence. Based on communities of practice, in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin, Australia, the Fellowship seeks to produce mechanisms of knowledge co-existence and maintenance that will contribute to stronger environmental policies and create spaces for Indigenous voices to be represented within them.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1604 - Human Geography. Lead: Prof Melissa Nursey-Bray

NSW Government — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

$5.0M – $30.0M

Closes 2026-08-25

Funding is available for businesses to help establish new or expanded commercial scale facilities in NSW that manufacture low carbon building materials, chemicals, biofuels, power fuels, or inputs for agricultural production.

NSW Government — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

$5.0M – $30.0M

Closes 2026-08-25

Funding is available for businesses to help establish new or expanded commercial-scale facilities in NSW, that manufacture components for grid-scale renewable energy production, storage and transmission.

Flinders University

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-08-29

A femtosecond beamline for time-resolved momentum microscopy. This project aims to obtain a femtosecond high-harmonic generation beamline that will be integrated with a photoemission electron microscope to create Australia’s first time-resolved momentum microscope. This project expects to use ultrafast spectromicroscopy to observe the changes to the excited electron motion within materials after they absorb light. Expected outcomes of this project include improving our understanding of light-driven physical and chemical processes that occur in materials and optoelectronic devices. This should provide significant benefits through the development of new cost effective and efficient materials for energy harvesting, sensors and photocatalysts.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 5104 - Condensed Matter Physics. Lead: Dr Darryl Jones

NSW Government — Planning, Land Use, Housing and Strategy

$1.0M – $12.0M

Closes 2026-08-31

The Low Cost Loans Initiative: Round 5 supports regional councils & 4 county councils with an infrastructure responsibility, to reduce finance costs on loans for critical enabling infrastructure for housing delivery through a rebate on loan interest.

James Cook University

? – $5.4M

Closes 2026-08-31

ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture Through Genetic Solutions. This project will deliver the genetic knowledge to instigate world-leading and highly productive breeding programs for five tropical aquaculture species (barramundi, pearl oyster, prawn, grouper and marine algae) in northern Australia. It will integrate cutting edge genetic and genomic approaches into innovative aquaculture enterprises and will establish a novel understanding of the genetic basis of disease resistance and how the production environment interfaces with the bacterial microbiome, pathogens and water quality to cause disease. Outcomes will lead to increased productivity, international competitiveness, and lowered disease risk and significantly expand Australia's capacity in the aquaculture sector.. Scheme: Industrial Transformation Research Hubs. Field: 0704 - Fisheries Sciences. Lead: Prof Dean Jerry

Curtin University

? – $3.3M

Closes 2026-08-31

Interpreting the molecular record in extraordinarily preserved fossils. This project aims to unlock a hidden record of our planet’s past and the life it supported, using a novel approach with benefits for environment and industry. Soft tissues preserved in sedimentary concretion fossils will be analysed, extending the traditional inorganic fossil framework of major evolutionary events. Understanding the biofilm entombment and preservation mechanisms responsible for this unique organic fossil archive will extend our knowledge of microbial functionality. Expected outcomes from this new way of interpreting our planet’s past, include improved understanding of extinction events, environmental change and adaptation, with potential benefits in ecosystem management, resource exploration and biofilm uses.. Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships. Field: 0402 - Geochemistry. Lead: Prof Kliti Grice

Monash University

? – $1.9M

Closes 2026-08-31

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope for Beam-Sensitive Materials. This project aims to establish a transmission electron microscopy facility for the high-throughput characterisation of delicate materials, at the atomic scale and a broad range of temperatures. Unique in Australia, this capability will enable the location and type of atoms critical to materials properties to be determined for materials as diverse as lithium-bearing minerals, next-generation solar cells and drug-delivery agents. In this way it will foster the engineering of new materials for addressing current challenges in energy, environment, transport, health and manufacturing. This will be a national, open access facility for use by research institutions and industry, and for training the next generation of postgraduate students.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 4018 - Nanotechnology. Lead: Prof Laure Bourgeois

NSW Government — Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

$500K – $5.0M

Closes 2026-09-08

Funding is available for businesses to pilot and demonstrate lab-proven clean technologies to accelerate their commercial readiness.

The Australian National University

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-09-12

Barriers and pathways to development of Indigenous traditional medicines. This project aims to explore how Australian regulatory systems can better support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Knowledge (TK) holders to commercialise their traditional medicines. Focusing on the mudjala plant and working with the Kimberley’s Nyikina people, the project should generate new anthropological methods for documenting TK related to traditional medicine, new models for regulating traditional medicinal products, and pharmacological insights into traditional methods of activating the plant. Additional expected outcomes include unlocking the significant, untapped potential for Indigenous Australians to benefit from the development of traditional medicine products regulated by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.. Scheme: Discovery Indigenous. Field: 1699 - Other Studies In Human Society. Lead: Dr Virginia Marshall

National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

? – $5.0M

Closes 2026-09-16

The objective of this grant opportunity is to provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and med...

The University of Sydney

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-09-30

High performance durable perovskite solar cells for space applications . There has been a rapid growth in space exploration and experimentation fuelled by global support. Space hardware needs to be powered by a sustainable source of energy. The use of solar photovoltaics is the preferred choice. As we move into the era of 'commercial space', cost will become paramount necessitating the development of new cost effective photovoltaic technologies. Metal halide perovskite solar cells show the greatest potential. They have a higher power to weight ratio and are significantly cheaper to be manufactured compared to incumbent space cells. This project aims to develop and demonstrate perovskite solar cells to achieve high areal power conversion efficiencies and long operating lifetimes withstanding space environment. . Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 0906 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Lead: Prof Anita Ho-Baillie

The University of Sydney

? – $1.5M

Closes 2026-09-30

Single Cell Proteomics Platform. This proposal will establish a state-of-the-art platform to characterise protein function at the single-cell level across a range of biological samples including yeast, plants, animals and humans. It will provide new insights into the differentiation of cellular functions across many different cell types in multicellular organisms, which cannot be achieved by bulk analysis of whole tissues. Expected outcomes include identification of new biological pathways and associated complex and high-value protein molecules. Such new fundamental knowledge of biological processes will enable future efforts in the National Reconstruction Fund Priority for medical science and agriculture and boost Australia’s competitiveness in these global industries.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3101 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Lead: A/Prof Mark Larance

Queensland University of Technology

? – $1.1M

Closes 2026-09-30

Regulating and countering structural inequality on digital platforms. This project aims to find legal, ethical, technical, and commercial opportunities to counter inequality online. It uses machine learning and custom data collection tools to create new knowledge about how digital platforms—including search engines, social media, peer economy, and news platforms—can help to tackle misogyny, racism, and other forms of structural discrimination. It uses this knowledge to investigate the extent to which private sector digital platforms can be expected to monitor and regulate the actions of their users, what responsibilities they have to avoid contributing to discrimination, hatred, intolerance and abuse, and how the law should develop to ensure that our digital environment is more equal and fair. . Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 1801 - Law. Lead: Prof Nicolas Suzor

Flinders University

? – $1.2M

Closes 2026-10-16

Sulfur-based materials for infrared optics and thermal imaging. This project aims to investigate novel sulfur polymers for use in infrared optics and thermal imaging. Current thermal imaging lenses are made in energy-intensive processes from expensive semiconductors and toxic chalcogenide glasses. In contrast, highly abundant elemental sulfur can be converted into polymers that are highly transparent to mid- and long-wave infrared light, providing a promising low-cost alternative. In developing this technology, expected outcomes include novel methods to manufacture polymers from low-cost sulfur and their use as lenses for thermal imaging. Significant benefits are expected, such as access to low-cost, recyclable materials for thermal imaging required in surveillance, diagnostics, and spectroscopy.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 3403 - Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry. Lead: Prof Justin Chalker

The University of Sydney

? – $1.4M

Closes 2026-10-20

Ultrafast dynamic tomography and x-ray based rheography facility. This project aims to enhance our understanding of materials science through advanced imaging technology. Central to this is acquiring a TESCAN DynaTOM, a unique MicroCT system for fast, detailed 2D/3D/4D imaging without moving the sample. This approach lets researchers observe materials' structural changes in real-time, offering insights into deformation, mass transport, and chemical reactions. Expected benefits include deeper knowledge of material behaviours essential for geosciences and manufacturing. Moreover, the project will support educational and research opportunities at the University of Sydney, partner universities, and nationwide, providing access to an advanced imaging platform.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 4005 - Civil Engineering. Lead: A/Prof Mohammad Saadatfar

Macquarie University

? – $1.7M

Closes 2026-10-24

MAVIS: A Revolutionary New Instrument for the European Southern Observatory. This application aims to fund an innovative spectrograph for "MAVIS" - a ground-breaking Australian-led instrument for the European Southern Observatory (ESO), enabled by the current $120M 10-year Australia-ESO strategic partnership. MAVIS leverages ESO’s $40M investment in its unique Adaptive Optics Facility, and $30M of European funding for MAVIS itself. MAVIS will give the sharpest, most sensitive optical view of the cosmos ever, exceeding the capabilities of any ground- or space-based telescope in existence, or planned for the coming decade. The capabilities enabled by this funding will make MAVIS an essential tool for discoveries across a broad range of science prioritised by the Australian astronomy community’s 10-year strategic plan.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 0201 - Astronomical and Space Sciences. Lead: Prof Richard McDermid

NSW Government — Environment Protection Authority

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-10-26

Streets to Sea is a NSW EPA $5 million grant round aiming to support organisations to develop and implement catchment-based litter prevention strategies.

Monash University

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-10-31

Pursuing Public Health in The Preindustrial World, 1100-1800. This project aims to recover community-health practices in three world regions before the takeoff of European industrialization. It challenges a common chronology and geography in public health history by examining how especially non-urban societies in Europe, the Middle East and India adjusted their behaviors and environments to manage health risks, often relying on the principles of humoral (or Galenic) medicine. A multidisciplinary team will conduct spatial, material, pictorial and text-based analyses, which will collectively extricate public health from Eurocentric narratives of modernization and illuminate preventative-medical cultures often ignored or studied in isolation.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 2202 - History and Philosophy of Specific Fields. Lead: Prof Dr Guy Geltner

University of the Sunshine Coast

? – $1.8M

Closes 2026-11-30

TruForest: Founding an Australian Rainforest LiDAR Monitoring Network. The TruForest project aims to establish a world-leading network for laser (LiDAR) scanning of Australian rainforests. LiDAR will advance the accuracy and efficiency of measuring forest structure, biomass and carbon, offering new potential for scientific research into large scale forest responses to logging, cyclones and climate change. The project will unite LiDAR expertise, tools and data across four universities and five rainforests, with an international partnership that will facilitate future LiDAR use and access for anyone. The network will help to understand and monitor Australia's forests, stimulating cutting-edge interdisciplinary science and helping to quantify and achieve national environmental and carbon sequestration targets.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3007 - Forestry Sciences. Lead: Prof Andrew Marshall

The University of New South Wales

? – $1.3M

Closes 2026-11-30

Closing the Gap in High-Efficiency Solar Cell Research in Australia. All commercial and high-efficiency silicon solar cells employ a thin-film on the front surface to improve light collection and electrical performance. A flexible Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) system will regain this critical capability at UNSW and also be the first in Australia capable of fabricating all advanced cell structures in an industrially compatible but research-scale tool. The significance lies in ensuring Australian research on silicon and next-generation tandem solar cells remains competitive internationally. Expected outcomes are a national capability for fabricating silicon solar cells with efficiencies exceeding 25% with direct benefit to domestic industry, academic research groups and graduate training.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 4009 - Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware. Lead: Prof Bram Hoex

Monash University

? – $2.1M

Closes 2026-12-16

A platform for in situ structural biology. This project aims to establish an Australian facility for in situ structural biology. The Arctis cryo-plasma focused ion beam will enable cryo-electron microscopy on a large range of samples from bacteria, plants, animal cells, tissues and organs to soft materials. This project expects to reveal new structural information in situ generating knowledge in the fields of microbiology, cell and developmental biology and in bioengineering and materials science. Expected outcomes are fundamental discoveries, training opportunities, international collaborations, and high impact publications. This project should provide significant benefits through underpinning innovation in renewal energy generation and storage, drug delivery, and nanotechnology.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3101 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Lead: Prof Georg Ramm

The University of New South Wales

? – $1.5M

Closes 2026-12-30

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization NMR for Accelerating Materials Science. Solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy is a versatile tool used for studying the molecular structure of complex materials in chemical, biological, environmental and engineering sciences. While NMR provides exceptional resolution to discriminate between chemical structures, many potential NMR measurements are hamstrung due to the inherently low sensitivity of the NMR technique, small volumes of material available and low natural abundance of NMR active isotopes. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) coupled to ssNMR (the DNP-NMR technique) enhances the sensitivity of the NMR experiment by nearly two orders of magnitude, thereby enabling deep structural characterization of challenging and complex materials.. Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities. Field: 3403 - Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry. Lead: Prof Martina Stenzel

The Australian National University

? – $3.5M

Closes 2026-12-31

Nanoscale-interactions making future functional materials more powerful . Traditional crystal chemistry can no longer meet the demands for development of new functional materials - the foundation of modern industry. The program aims to overcome this challenge by introducing a new strategy into experimental and theoretical research to transform our understanding and application of nanoscale structural and chemical features in materials. The program expects to build new crystal chemistry that includes nanoscale-interaction information and deep machine-learning to improve the predictability of material properties. Potential outcomes of the program include enhanced capacity for revolutionary materials development thus keeping Australia's leading position in innovative technology, benefiting academia and industry.. Scheme: Australian Laureate Fellowships. Field: 0912 - Materials Engineering. Lead: Prof Yun Liu

The University of Queensland

? – $1.0M

Closes 2026-12-31

Statistical Methods for Next Generation Genome-Wide Association Studies. This project aims to develop cutting-edge statistical methods to analyse large genomic datasets and identify genetic variants associated with inter-individual differences in various human traits. Knowledge of trait-associated DNA variants is instrumental in understanding how natural selection has shaped human traits. By integrating genomic data from diverse and underrepresented populations, this project further expects to contribute to the equitable use of genomic technologies in humans, regardless of geographical origins. Expected outcomes of this research include novel analysis methods and software tools, which should broadly and significantly benefit gene discovery in other species, including those of agricultural relevance.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 3102 - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Lead: Prof Loic Yengo