Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7186

The Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme creates a pathway to support academic researchers in establishing careers in industry, and industry-based researchers to work in university settings, with the aim of increased two-way mobility and skill-building in research collaboration, translation and commercialisation.

The Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme objectives are to:

• increase the pipeline of researchers in Australia with capabilities in industry-focused and/or industry based research collaboration, translation and commercialisation;
• open up and maintain a diversity of career pathways traversing university and industry settings;
• increase strategic engagement and alignment between universities and industry;
• contribute to the solving of industry-identified challenges and opportunities; and 
• create commercial, economic and other benefits for Australia through enhanced translation and commercialisation, including the development of start-up companies.

The intended outcomes of the Industry Laureate Fellowships scheme are

• attract and retain, within Australia, outstanding researchers and research leaders of international reputation with demonstrated capacity for industry-focused and industry-based collaboration, translation and commercialisation;
• deliver significant programs of research that create step-change across a variety of industry settings;
• provide leadership in the development of high quality and impactful collaborations between university and industry personnel; and
• provide an excellent research training environment and exemplary mentorship to nurture the development of industry-focused and industry-based collaboration, translation and/or commercialisation skills among ECRs and HDR students.

An application may only be submitted through the Research Office of an Eligible Organisation listed in the Grant Guidelines. The application must nominate at least one Industry Laureate Fellow, request funding for a minimum of two PDRAs and two PGRs and nominate one Key Industry Partner.

You may apply for an Industry Laureate Fellowship on behalf of an Australian or international Industry Fellowship candidate.

A previous recipient of an Industry Laureate Fellowship is not eligible to apply for another grant under the Industry Fellowship Program. All requirements are outlined in the Grant Guidelines.

A IL25 participant can be concurrently funded through the Linkage Program for a maximum of:

• one ARC Fellowship and 3 Linkage Projects, ITRP and ARC Centres of Excellences projects as a CI; or
• one ARC Fellowship and 2 Linkage Projects, ITRP and ARC Centres of Excellence projects as a CI if the individual is also a Director on an active ARC Centre of Excellence and/or a Special Research Initiative project.

Applications for the Industry Laureate Fellowship do not need to meet the project limit requirements at the grant opportunity closing date. If an Industry Laureate Fellowship application is successful, named participants must meet the project limits under section 4.16 before the project can start. Project limits can be met by relinquishing existing active project(s), or relinquishing role(s) on existing active projects, or withdrawing application(s) that would exceed the project limits. This may not need to occur until all applications are announced.

An application may be applied for and awarded funding for a minimum of four to a maximum of five consecutive years.

From $1,985,416.00 to $4,081,770.00

The Application must be submitted as a mature research plan presenting the proposed project ready for implementation and must contain all the information necessary for its assessment without the need for further written or oral explanation, or reference to additional documentation, unless requested by the Australian Research Council (ARC).

The ARC reserves the right to change these criteria in future funding rounds. Grant Guidelines for all ARC schemes may be found attached to the relevant Grant Opportunity.

Administering Organisations must submit applications through the Research Management System (RMS) unless otherwise advised by the ARC.

All applications must meet the format and content requirements, including certification, as set out in the RMS online form and the Instructions to Applicants for Industry Laureate Fellowships for funding commencing in 2025.

The RMS is a web-based system used to prepare and submit research applications, assessments and rejoinders for the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP).

Registered users can login using your email address and password at https://rms.arc.gov.au.

To request a new account, please go to https://rms.arc.gov.au and click on the Request New Account link.

All queries by researchers should be directed to the Administering Organisation of the application.