Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO5761

The Australian Research Council (ARC) on behalf of the Department of Defence-National Security Science and Technology Centre (Defence-NSSTC) is conducting a grant opportunity for the National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grants (NISDRG) program.

NISDRG supports excellent research that deepens understanding of emerging science and technology and addresses intelligence and national security threats.

NISDRG provides support to research that aligns with the priority research areas identified by the Australian Government. These research areas are outlined in the National Security Challenges developed under the broad National Security Science and Technology Priorities. For more information about the National Security Challenges, please see the documents attached to this GO. 

The objectives of the NISDRG grant opportunity are to:

• support excellent fundamental research in areas identified in the Intelligence Challenges and National Security Challenges;
• build Australia’s research capacity and capability in these areas by supporting researchers, fostering research trainees, and contribution to a greater body of open source research;
• enhance collaboration in the research, science and technology community that supports Australia’s National Intelligence and Security Communities; and 
• support systematic and coordinated engagement between the research, science and technology community and Australia’s National Intelligence and Security Communities.

An application may only be submitted through the Research Office of an Eligible Organisation listed in the relevant grant guidelines.

All individuals named in an application must satisfy the eligibility criteria for the role they are to perform as at the Commencement Date and for the duration of the Project.

Roles that named participants may be nominated for under NS23 are:

• Chief Investigator
• Partner Investigator

Applications must nominate the following named participants to be eligible:

• At least one eligible CI from the Administering Organisation

An application may also include additional Other Eligible Organisations and Other Organisations. 

All organisation participating in the application must be Australian organisations.

If an organisation is named on the application, a person representing that organisation must be named on the application. 

An Other Organisation named on an application must have a Partner Investigator (PI) listed.

Chief Investigators and Partner Investigators must be Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or holders of a New Zealand Special Category Visa.

Funding may be sought up to three years.

$3,000,000.00

From $400,000.00 to $600,000.00

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 Defence-NSSTC.

Administering Organisations must submit applications through the specific Defence portal of RMS unless otherwise advised by the Defence-NSSTC.

All applications must meet the format and content requirements, including certification, as set out in the RMS online form and the relevant scheme Instructions to Applicants.

The Defence portal of the Research Management System (RMS) is a web-based system used to prepare and submit research proposals, assessments and rejoinders for the Australian Research Council (ARC) on behalf of the Department of Defence National Security Science and Technology Centre (Defence-NSSTC)

Registered users can login using your email address and password at https://defence.researchgrants.gov.au/ . To request a new account, go to https://defence.researchgrants.gov.au/  and click on the Request New Account link.