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Funding for discovering, naming, and classifying Australia’s living organisms
Australian Biological Resources Study - National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2024-25
What do you get?
Grant amounts vary depending on the research stream. The maximum grant amount per research stream is:
- $10,000 for Honours, Masters Scholarship and Non-salaried Researcher Grants
- $20,000 for PhD Scholarship Support Grants
- $20,000 for Early Career Research Grants
- $270,000 for Research Grants
- $300,000 for Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants.
Up to 50% co-funding is required for; Early Career Research Grants, Research Grants, and for Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants.
The minimum grant amount for Non-salaried Researcher Grants is $5,000.
The minimum grant amount for all other grant streams is $10,000.
Who is this for?
Australian institutions who are hosting Honours, Masters, PhD or non-salaried researchers.
Host institutions include museums, herbaria, universities, and other government agencies that have some focus on the science of taxonomy and systematics.
Overview
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.
Contact
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Key documents
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