P007801
revised
AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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AACR2
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Corporate Body
created
2025-08-04
human
Gavan McCarthy
updated
2026-04-28
human
https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007801b.htm
corporateBody
Australian Research Grants Committee
Commonweatlh of Australia
AACR2
ARGC
1965
1988
Start Place
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Research funding
The Commonwealth Government established the Australian Research Grants Committee (ARGC) in 1965 to advise the Minister on the merit of applications for research funding from individuals and teams and suggest the allocation of funds. Research proposals were developed and submitted by university researchers around the country, and the Committee made recommendations for Commonwealth funding support. This was called the Australian Research Grants scheme, later known as the Large Research Grants Scheme - the predecessor of ARC Discovery Projects scheme. In the first funding round in 1966 there were 406 successful applicants who received a total of $3.99 million. Prior to the establishement of the the ARGC Commonwealth research funds were distributed by the Commonwealth Universities Research Grants Committee (1946-1965).
Commonwealth Universities Research Grants Committee, Commonweatlh of Australia (1946 - 1965)
Management of Research Integrity in Australia (c. 1950 - 2025)
Australian Research Council [I], Commonweatlh of Australia (1988 - 2001)
'Australian Research Grants Committee', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Australian Research Grants Committee
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation