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Find similar grantsARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2027 is sponsored by Australian Research Council (ARC). ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2027 is a grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) that funds early career researchers in teaching-and-research and research-only positions at Australian universities.
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ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) - Research support - University of Queensland ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) Australian Research Council Key dates for ARC DECRA 2027 Release of Grant Guidelines: 28 January 2026 Round opening: 28 January 2026 UQ Information session: 3 February 2026 Internal Notice of Intent due: 11 February 2026 Eligibility Exemption Requests due to the Research Office: 11 February 2026 Applications due to the Research Office: 11 February 2026 Request Not to Assess due to the Research Office: 20 February 2026 Applications due to ARC: 11 March 2026 Anticipated Rejoinder Period: 25 May to 5 June 2026 Anticipated announcement: 9 December to 23 December 2026 To assist applicants in preparing their applications, the Research Office held an Information Session on Tuesday 3 February.
A recording of this session is available on the UQ R&I presentations and slides webpage for those who were unable to attend. The session features a scheme overview, key findings from past rounds, the application and submission process, and a Q&A session with ARC College of Expert members.
The ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) grant opportunity provides focused research support for early career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions. Normally up to 200 three-year DECRAs, including up to $50,000 per annum in project funds, are awarded each year.
To be eligible, the candidate must, at the grant opportunity closing date, have an award of PhD date on, or after 1 March 2021 , or have an award of PhD date together with an allowable period of career interruptions that would be commensurate with an award of PhD date on, or after 1 March 2021.
The allowable career interruptions set out and the period allowed for each are described in the Discovery Fellowship Grant Guidelines (2024 edition - Variation 1).
Eligibility exemption request If you received your PhD prior to 1 March 2021, and have allowable career interruptions, you will need to request an Eligibility Exemption through UQ's Research Office by following the below steps: Familiarise yourself with the ARC’s Eligibility and Career Interruptions Statement Use the UQ DE27 Eligibility Exemption Calculator to calculate your eligible career interruptions.
Complete and certify the UQ DE27 Eligibility Exemption Request Form (DOCX, 53. 2 KB) . Submit your UQ DE27 Eligibility Exemption Request Form, and evidence for each interruption via email to ARC@research.
uq. edu. au to request endorsement of your request.
The Research Office will advise you of the outcome of your request. If you are applying from outside UQ (external), you must have confirmed school or centre support before your eligibility exemption request can be processed by the Research Office. Step 1.
UQ Notice of Intent (NOI) All researchers intending to submit an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award 2027 application are required to submit a mandatory internal UQ Notice of Intent (NOI). NOIs will be collated centrally and distributed to Faculties and Institutes to maximise support to the UQ research community.
If you would like to discuss your intention to apply with your local area, please contact your Faculty/Institute Research Manager . Submit UQ Notice of Intent If you are not currently part of UQ and wish to apply for a 2027 DECRA through UQ, you must first seek support from a UQ school or centre where you wish to complete your DECRA project.
You should have a UQ researcher who is willing to be your DECRA mentor/supervisor before completing an NOI. 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 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. Research Office 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@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 .
The Research Office will review your application and provide feedback. 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: Familiarise yourself with the framework for Applying for Competitive Research Grants at UQ.
Contact your faculty or institute research manager for advice on peer readership programs. Access the UQ R&I Grants Library , a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
Read the UQ R&I Grant writing advice and strategy website for tips on preparing your application Before applying, please review the full suite of documents, which will become available via GrantConnect (login required), the Australian Government grants information system.
ARC Medical Research Policy ARC Policy Statement on Experimental Development ARC Instructions for submitting a Request Not to Assess ARC Eligibility and Career Interruptions Statement UQ DE27 Application Certification Form (DOCX, 69. 9 KB) UQ DE27 Pending and newly awarded ARC grants form (DOCX, 38.
3 KB) DE27 B4 Research Load template (DOCX, 24 KB) DE27 B4 Research Load (none to report) template (PDF, 84 KB) DE27 B8 ROPE template (DOCX, 25. 8 KB) DE27 C1 Project Description template (DOCX, 31 KB) DE27 C2 Letter of Support template (DOCX, 57 KB) DE27 D2 Budget Justification template (DOCX, 24. 9 KB) DE27 D3 Details of Non-ARC Contributions template (DOCX, 27.
2 KB) UQ DE26 Key Findings (PDF, 457. 5 KB) UQ DE27 Strategic Writing Guide (PDF, 334. 7 KB) UQ DE27 How-to-Guide (PDF, 1.
4 MB) (updated 9/02/2026) UQ NIT Statement Writing Guide (PDF, 190. 8 KB) UQ DE27 Budget Tool (XLSX, 62. 9 KB) (updated 30/01/2026) UQ DE27 Eligibility Exemption Request Form (DOCX, 53.
2 KB) (updated 8 October 2025) DE27 Eligibility Exemption Request calculator (XLSX, 24. 4 KB) DECRA metrics drop-in session To assist UQ researchers in preparing their applications, the UQ Library will be hosting a drop-in session to provide applicants with one-to-one DECRA metrics support. No formal content will be presented at this session.
Date: Tuesday 10 February 2026 Location: 02-217 Duhig Tower Visit Publication metrics for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project, Future Fellowship and DECRA grants for a guide on completing the Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) sections of the EOI application.
View the recorded Publication metrics for your ARC grants – Future Fellowship, DECRA and Discovery Project – (UQ login required) on Zoom (held 30 September 2025). This session will help you find and analyse your publications in the Scopus and SciVal citation databases. View the recorded Research Engagement and Impact evidence for your ARC Future Fellowship, DECRA and Discovery Project – (UQ login required) on Zoom (held 8 October 2025).
This session will help you to identify and track engagement and impact evidence using tools outside the citation databases such as Altmetric Explorer, PatCite (The Lens) and WorldCat. 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. The Research Office has developed a Rejoinder Tip Sheet with FAQs to assist you in crafting your rejoinder.
Rejoinder period open: 25 May 2026 UQ R&I Rejoinder Information session: 26 May 2026 Rejoinders due to UQ Research Office: 29 May 2026 Rejoinders due to the ARC: 5 June 2026 Rejoinder Information Session To assist DE27 candidates in preparing their rejoinders, the Research Office is holding an Information Session on the rejoinder process – in person and Zoom attendance is available.
The information session will include an overview of the rejoinder process, a Q&A with ARC College of Experts members, and Research Office staff will also be available afterwards for other questions and queries. The Information Session will be recorded and made available on our Presentations and Slides page as soon as possible after the session (allowing time for processing and editing).
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uq. edu. au Pre-award Discovery & Industry Team If you are applying through UQ but you are not a current UQ staff member, please contact the UQ R&I via the email listed above.
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