Future Fellowships reflects the Australian Government’s commitment to excellence in research by supporting excellent mid-career researchers to undertake high quality research in areas of national and international benefit.
Future Fellowships provide 4-year fellowships to outstanding Australian mid-career researchers. The ARC may also award the Administering Organisation up to $60,000 of non-salary funding per year to use for personnel, equipment, travel and field research costs directly related to the Future Fellow's research.
The objectives of the Future Fellowships scheme are to:
support excellent basic and applied research and research training by outstanding mid-career researchers to be recruited and retained by universities in continuing academic positions support national and international research collaboration enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas