Discovery Projects Expression of Interest for funding commencing in 2027

Overview

The Discovery Projects scheme provides grant funding to support research projects that may be undertaken by individual researchers or research teams. The Discovery Projects scheme objectives are to: - support excellent pure basic, strategic basic and applied research, and research training, across all disciplines excluding clinical and other medical research, that addresses a significant problem or gap in knowledge and represents value for money; - expand research capacity in Australia by supporting excellent researchers and teams; - foster national and international research collaboration; - create new knowledge with economic, commercial, environmental, social and/or cultural benefits for Australia; and - enhance the scale and focus of research in Australian Government priority areas.