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Funding for discovering, naming and classifying Australia’s living organisms
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National Taxonomy Research Grants Program 2025-26
What do you get?
Grants available for the program:
- $10,000 for Non-salaried Researcher, Honours, and Masters Scholarship grants
- $20,000 for PhD Scholarship Support grants.
Up to 50% co-funding required:
- $20,000 for Early Career Research Grants
- $300,000 for Research Grants
- $375,000 for Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants.
Who is this for?
Honours and Masters Scholarships, Non-salaried Researcher Grants, PhD Scholarship Support Grants, Research and Early Career Research Grants.
Host institutions include Australian museums, herbaria, universities, and other government agencies that have some focus on the science of taxonomy and systematics.
About the program
The National Taxonomy Research Grants Program (NTRGP) 2025-26 grant opportunity provides grants for taxonomy and systematics research (herein referred to as taxonomy), training and recruitment of taxonomists.
Grants will support projects with the primary aim of undertaking research into the taxonomy of the Australian biota. The ABRS has three Priority Areas for Research:
- Biodiversity, Conservation and Vulnerable and Endangered Species.
- Public, Plant, Animal and Environmental Health.
- Building Taxonomic Capacity.
The objectives of the grant opportunity are:
- to support research into taxonomy
- to increase funding for taxonomy through enhanced co-funding opportunities.
The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are:
- to support and improve knowledge of the Australian biota through targeted taxonomic research grants aligned to the ABRS’s three Priority Areas for Research
- to build Australia’s taxonomic capacity by supporting tertiary research training, early career researchers and facilitating knowledge transfer
- to contribute to enhancing the ABRS information products and resources, including the Australian Faunal Directory, Flora of Australia, Australian National Species List, publications, identification keys and any other taxonomic communication tools
- to positively contribute to the fields of taxonomy and systematics.
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Key documents
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