1. The ARC—overview and opportunities (France) 25 August Presented By Mr Justin Withers Director, Policy and Integrity The Australian Research Council

2. 2014–15 Federal Budget (Approx. AU$415 billion) 2014-15 Federal (Treasury omitted)

3. Australian Government support for science, research and innovation shown in red (Treasury omitted) 2014–15 Federal Budget

4. National Competitive Grants Programme Discovery ProgrammeLinkage Programme Area of box represents $$ awarded over the period 2009–2014. N.B. - Centres of Excellence, SRIs, not awarded in every year. - ITRP and DECRA only funding since 2012

5. Commonwealth Investment in R&D 2014–15 ($m)

6. Fund excellent, internationally competitive research by individuals and teams that will produce high quality outcomes Build Australia’s research capacity through supporting and facilitating research training and career opportunities for excellent Australian and international researchers Support research in priority areas that will deliver national benefits Enhance research capacity and outcomes through support for international collaboration Discovery Programme objectives

7. Discovery Projects and Discovery Indigenous primarily award project costs (travel, equipment, staff, etc.) Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) primarily awards a salary for the awardee, with a small allocation of project costs Laureate Fellowships awards a salary top-up plus funding for a team of postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers Each scheme has different selection criteria, rules and funding limits, as each serves a different purpose Key funding features of Discovery schemes

8. Linkage Programme objectives Support excellent collaborative research initiatives involving partnerships between higher education organisations and with other sectors in Australia and internationally Foster research training and career opportunities that enable excellent Australian and international researchers and research students to gain experience working in industry settings Support collaborative research in priority areas that will deliver national benefits Enhance capacity to deliver national benefits by investing in large-scale collaborative research programmes

9. Key funding features of Linkage schemes Linkage Projects primarily award project costs (accessing infrastructure, equipment, travel, hiring personnel etc.) Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme provides funding for large-scale cooperative initiatives ARC Centres of Excellence support large teams to undertake focused and sustained investigations into, and find solutions to, challenging and important problems Other programmes: Industrial Transformation Research Programme and Special Research Initiatives

10. All ARC funding schemes are open to international applicants applying through eligible Australian organisations Support for international collaboration incorporated within ARC’s funding schemes Partner Investigators (PIs) can be based overseas Project funding for travel, including for overseas PIs, to support international collaboration Information on International Collaboration in ARC schemes: www.arc.gov.au > Internationalwww.arc.gov.au Support for international collaboration

11. International Collaboration on ARC-funded Projects, 2009–2014 *Outcomes for 2014 do not include funding for Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships, Linkage Projects.

12. Percentage of international collaboration with countries on ARC grants 2011–2015

13. Number of ARC-funded projects involving collaboration with France, by scheme, 2011–15

14. Funding allocation year 20112012201320142015 Total $ $80,262,745$84,220,142$84,115,677$92,122,694$94,616,928 Total # of projects 418423416366316 ARC funding by allocation year for projects collaborating with France

15. Scheme Funding allocation year 20112012201320142015 ARC Centres of Excellence $ $19,500,000$19,400,000$19,600,000$29,142,870$28,942,854 # 88899 ARC Future Fellowships $ $12,931,746$15,946,288$17,138,135 $14,730,199 $11,300,011 # 779411710369 Australian Laureate Fellowships $ $4,247,751$7,453,490$9,468,909$10,523,716$12,324,569 # 1117192427 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award $ $0$1,935,974$2,904,046$4,206,700 # 0162435 Discovery Projects $ $30,764,362$30,033,368$26,243,102$22,372,840$18,755,523 # 258252213180144 Federation Fellowships $ $3,375,725$1,787,085$573,556 # 1484 Industrial Transformation Research Hubs $ $500,000$1,400,000$1,800,000 # 1222 ARC funding by allocation year for projects collaborating with France, by scheme

16. Scheme Funding allocation year 20112012201320142015 Industrial Transformation Training Centres $ $0$778,520$1,802,520$2,693,148 # 0123 Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities $ $4,145,000$5,102,000$3,590,000$3,060,000$5,580,000 # 1112949 Linkage Projects $ $4,149,461$2,791,511$2,413,081$1,379,303$1,014,123 # 3225211417 Special Research Initiatives $ 00$4,000,000$8,000,000 # 00011 Super Science Fellowships $ $835,200$1,206,400$974,400$371,200 # 66630 Total $ $80,262,745$84,220,142$84,115,677$92,122,694$94,616,928 # 418423416366316 ARC funding by allocation year for projects collaborating with France by scheme continued…

17. ERA 2010 and 2012 National Reports

18. What is ERA? ERA is a retrospective evaluation of research performance: 2005–2010 for research outputs, 2008– 2010 for other data in the 2012 evaluation. The outcomes (ratings) are determined and moderated by committees of distinguished researchers, drawn from Australia and overseas. The ERA unit of evaluation (UoE) is the discipline within the institution, not individual researchers or institutional units. ERA does not rank institutions or units; each UoE is evaluated on its merits against the rating scale.

19. ERA 2012: Two Digit FoR codes No. of Universities rated at world standard or higher

20. 2010 National Competitive G Other Public Industry ERA rating Income and Quality

21. 2012 National Competitive G Other Public Industry ERA rating Income and Quality (2)

22. 14 Economics Institution 14 Economics 1401 Economic Theory 1402 Applied Economics 1403 Econometrics 1499 Other Economics Australian Catholic Universityn/a Australian National University5445n/a Bond University2n/a2 Central Queensland University2n/a2 Charles Darwin University3n/a3 Charles Sturt University2n/a2 Curtin University of Technology2n/a22 Deakin University3n/a3 Edith Cowan University2n/a2 Flinders University3n/a Griffith University2n/a2 James Cook University1n/a2 La Trobe University3n/a3 Macquarie University3n/a3 MCD University of Divinityn/a Monash University5n/a45 Murdoch Universityn/a Queensland University of Technology3n/a3 RMIT University2n/a2 University of Adelaide4n/a4 University of Ballarat22n/a University of Canberra1n/a2 University of Melbourne5545n/a University of New England2n/a2 University of New South Wales4445n/a University of Newcastle1n/a University of Notre Dame Australian/a University of Queensland4544n/a University of South Australia3n/a3 University of Southern Queensland2n/a2 University of Sydney4344n/a University of Tasmania (inc. Australian Maritime College)2n/a2 University of Technology, Sydney5n/a55 University of the Sunshine Coastn/a University of Western Australia4n/a4 University of Western Sydney212n/a University of Wollongong2n/a3 Victoria University2n/a2 Total UoEs evaluated3373080 ERA National Report—example data FoR code 14 ECONOMICS www.arc.gov.au > ERA

23. Thank You