Research Intelligence

The $29 Billion Question

Australia's national research grants: 46,378 funded projects across ARC and NHMRC. Every university, every scheme, every dollar — mapped.

$29.5B
Total Research Funding
$18.7B
ARC — 34,475 Grants
$10.7B
NHMRC — 11,903 Grants
$635K
Avg Grant Size
ARC 64%NHMRC 36%

Top Institutions by Funding

Ranked by total ARC + NHMRC funding received

Institution
Grants
Total Funding
Share
1Monash University
4,360
$3.1B
100%
2The University of Queensland
3,364
$2.0B
66%
3The University of Melbourne
3,493
$1.9B
61%
4The University of New South Wales
3,401
$1.9B
60%
5The University of Sydney
3,106
$1.6B
53%
6University of Melbourne
1,598
$1.5B
49%
7The Australian National University
2,837
$1.5B
49%
8University of Sydney
1,236
$1.2B
38%
9University of New South Wales
982
$1.1B
34%
10The University of Western Australia
1,454
$774.9M
25%
11The University of Adelaide
1,331
$718.6M
23%
12Macquarie University
1,132
$640.0M
21%
13University of Queensland
835
$633.8M
20%
14Queensland University of Technology
1,128
$619.9M
20%
15University of Wollongong
948
$523.1M
17%
16Griffith University
977
$503.5M
16%
17University of Tasmania
763
$474.2M
15%
18RMIT University
828
$455.2M
15%
19Flinders University
664
$453.0M
15%
20University of Technology Sydney
953
$432.8M
14%

By Funding Scheme

ARC and NHMRC programs ranked by total awarded

ARC — Australian Research Council
Discovery Projects
18,187 grants
$6.9B
ARC Centres of Excellence
93 grants
$2.7B
Linkage Projects
7,330 grants
$2.4B
ARC Future Fellowships
2,220 grants
$1.9B
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
3,076 grants
$1.3B
Australian Laureate Fellowships
277 grants
$862.5M
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
1,506 grants
$805.5M
Special Research Initiatives
272 grants
$404.0M
Industrial Transformation Training Centres
84 grants
$374.5M
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
69 grants
$314.2M
NHMRC — Health & Medical Research
Investigator Grants
1,638 grants
$2.7B
Project Grants
2,115 grants
$1.8B
Ideas Grants
1,703 grants
$1.8B
Centres of Research Excellence
181 grants
$477.5M
NHMRC Project Grants
1,201 grants
$421.1M
Synergy Grants
68 grants
$340.0M
Independent Research Institutes Infrastructure Support Scheme (IRIISS)
194 grants
$248.5M
Research Fellowships
372 grants
$242.9M
Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grants
84 grants
$230.1M

Top Lead Investigators

Researchers with the highest cumulative awarded funding

Investigator
Grants
Total Funding
1Mr Adrian Turner
1
$301.0M
2Prof Michelle Simmons
11
$98.8M
3Prof Matthew Bailes
9
$77.7M
4Prof Andrew White
6
$67.4M
5Prof Peter Taylor
7
$64.1M
6Prof Gordon Wallace
23
$63.2M
7Prof David Craik
27
$63.0M
8Prof Christian Jakob
7
$63.0M
9Prof Janeen Baxter
7
$62.3M
10Prof Benjamin Eggleton
25
$60.8M
11Prof Richard Payne
22
$56.2M
12Prof Anthony Burkitt
9
$55.8M
13A/Prof David Collins
3
$50.9M
14Prof Ian Paulsen
14
$47.8M
15Prof James Whisstock
21
$47.0M

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