Corporate Body
Australian Research Grants Committee (1965 - 1988)
Commonweatlh of Australia
- From
- 1965
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - To
- 1988
- Functions
- Research funding
- Alternative Names
- ARGC (Acronym)
Summary
The Commonwealth Government established the Australian Research Grants Committee (ARGC) in 1965 to advise the Minister on the merit of applications for research funding from individuals and teams and suggest the allocation of funds. Research proposals were developed and submitted by university researchers around the country, and the Committee made recommendations for Commonwealth funding support. This was called the Australian Research Grants scheme, later known as the Large Research Grants Scheme - the predecessor of ARC Discovery Projects scheme. In the first funding round in 1966 there were 406 successful applicants who received a total of $3.99 million. Prior to the establishement of the the ARGC Commonwealth research funds were distributed by the Commonwealth Universities Research Grants Committee (1946-1965).
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Timeline
1946 - 1965 Commonwealth Universities Research Grants Committee
1965 - 1988 Australian Research Grants Committee
1988 - 2001 Australian Research Council [I]
2001 - Australian Research Council [II]
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 4 August 2025