Funding for discovering, naming, and classifying Australia’s living organisms

The National Taxonomy Research Grant Program commits up to $2 million annually to support research into taxonomy.

The program aims to:

• improve knowledge of the Australian biota through targeted taxonomic research
• build Australia’s taxonomic capacity by supporting tertiary research training and early career researchers and facilitating knowledge transfer
• inform and influence the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) information products
• positively contribute to the fields of taxonomy and systematics.

Learn more about the policy that supports this program.

There are 7 grant streams available to applicants to support research projects:

• Honours Scholarship – Honours student hosted by an appropriate institution
• Masters Scholarship – Masters student hosted by an appropriate institution
• PhD Scholarship Support Grant – PhD student with a Research Training Program Scholarship that commenced in 2023 hosted by an appropriate institution
• Non–salaried Researcher Grant – A retired or unemployed person, or someone who is currently employed in a non–taxonomy capacity, for whom taxonomic research is an auxiliary, non‑funded activity.

Co–funded grants:

• Research Grant – Researcher employed or hosted by an appropriate institution
• Early Career Research Grant – Early career researcher employed or hosted by an appropriate institution
• Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant – Researcher who has had their PhD thesis accepted and is employed or hosted by an appropriate institution.

Co–funded grants require co-funding of a minimum of 50% of the total amount of grant funding sought.