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Early Career Industry Fellowships is a grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) that funds early-career researchers seeking to establish or deepen careers bridging academia and industry. The fellowship supports academics transitioning to industry roles and industry-based researchers gaining academic experience, fostering cross-sector collaboration and skills development.
Eligible applicants are early career academic and industry-based researchers in Australia. Fellows receive a salary contribution of $121,703 per year for one to three years, plus project costs of up to $150,000, enabling substantive research collaboration across the academic-industry divide.
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Early Career Industry Fellowships Early Career Industry Fellowships * Early Career Industry Fellowships scheme aims For information on recently announced grant outcomes under the _Early Career Industry Fellowships_ scheme please visit the following pages: * Selection Report:Early Career Industry Fellowships 2025 * Announcement Kit:Early Career Industry Fellowships 2025 Announcement The Early Career Industry 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.
Up to 50 Early Career Industry Fellowships may be awarded each year providing salary contribution for up to 3 years and project costs up to $150,000.
Early Career Industry Fellowships scheme aims The aims of the Early Career Industry Fellowships are: * develop the industry collaboration skills of early career researchers; * support early career researchers to achieve translatable and/or commercialisable outcomes for industry; and * deliver actionable outcomes for industry partners and research end-users.
This scheme is intended to support researchers from industry as well as university settings, for example postdocs seeking to build industry experience and expertise or career researchers from industry looking to return to the university system to work on industry problems. Fellows must spend time undertaking research in both the university and industry setting. University Research Offices manage applications for any ARC scheme.
Interested researchers should contact the relevant Research Office who will assist in preparing and submitting an application through the ARC’sResearch Management System. ### How do I find out more? The Grant Guidelines provide further detail on the schemes, including eligibility requirements and assessment criteria.
These are published onGrant Connect. Opening and closing dates are listed on theARC’s Grant's Calendar. If you are an applicant and have any queries about this scheme please contact a university research office in the first instance.
* Industry Fellowships Program Grants Guidelines on GrantConnect. * Important dates for Early Career Industry Fellowships 2025 grant application process The ARC can be contacted for queries about Early Career Industry Fellowships at arc-ncgp@arc. gov.au.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Early career academic researchers and industry-based researchers seeking to establish careers or gain experience in the alternate sector. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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