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Funding for discovering, naming and classifying Australia’s living organisms
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National Taxonomy Research Grant Program 2026-27
What do you get?
Grants up to:
- $10,000 for Non-salaried Researcher, Honours and Masters Scholarship Grants
- $20,000 for PhD Scholarship Support Grants.
Required 50% co-funding for grants up to:
- $20,000 for Early Career Research Grants
- $300,000 for Research Grants
- $375,000 for Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants.
Who is this for?
Australian Honours and Masters and PhD students, researchers, Non-salaried researchers, Postdoctoral fellowship researchers and early career researchers.
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 Grant Program 2026-27 grant opportunity provides grants for taxonomy and systematics research, training and recruitment of taxonomists.
Grants will support projects with the primary aim of undertaking research into the taxonomy of the Australian biota. The Australian Biological Resources Study has three Priority Areas for Research:
- Biodiversity, Conservation and Vulnerable and Endangered Species
- Public, Plant, Animal and Environmental Health
- Building Taxonomic Capacity.
Seven grant streams are available to applicants to support research projects of differing levels of complexity and at different stages of their career. Four of these seven grant streams do not require co-funding (i.e. the projects can be fully paid for by the grant). The four grant streams that do not require co-funding are:
- Honours Scholarship
- Masters Scholarship
- PhD Scholarship Support Grant
- Non-salaried Researcher Grant.
The three grant streams that require co-funding of a minimum of 50% of the total amount of grant funding sought are:
- Research Grant
- Early Career Research Grant
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant.
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 (listed in Appendix A)
- 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 National Species List, Australian Faunal Directory, Flora of Australia, publications, identification keys and any other taxonomic communication tools
- to positively contribute to the fields of taxonomy and systematics.
Past rounds
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