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Will ARC run another round of #DiscoveryProjects (DP28)?

They announced the new Future Fellowships round (FT27) 4 months before its application opening date.

DP27 EOIs opened 3rd Nov last year. And 4 months before 3rd Nov this year is 3rd July.

So, maybe next week they'll announce a new round?

We (& the ARC?) are *still* waiting on final approval of the ARC’s proposed new set of grant schemes, ~9 months after they were delivered to the Minister.

Why? Does anyone out there know?

Unless that’s approved in the next few days, expect another DP round.

RE: https://aus.social/@ARC_Tracker/116792519928281567

#DiscoveryProjects #DP27 assessor reports are now available in RMS.

#DiscoveryProjects #DP27

Detailed assessor reports should be released in ARC's RMS tomorrow (23 Jun). Normally about 11am, Canberra time (but it varies).

Remember the #ARC3DayRule: Think an assessment is "inappropriate"? You've only got 3 days to lodge a "request for review" 👇

https://www.researchgrants.gov.au/grant-opportunities/information-applicants/request-review-assessment

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects EOI #DPEI27 announcement:

❗️Outcomes for Expressions of Interest should now be available in your RMS account ▶️ https://rms.arc.gov.au❗️

ARC should also email Lead CIs with their outcomes (may take a while & be staggered).

Full apps open 2 Mar, due 22 Apr.

#DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement cont.:

Outcomes summary:

Approved / requested (%)
Apps: 526 / 1111 (47.3%)
Funds: $376.37M / $888.78M (42.3%)

Approved grants requested $411.50M; 91.5% provided.

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP26 announcement:

❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2026❗️

See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/289

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#DiscoveryProjects #DP26

Assessor reports should now be available in RMS for Discovery Projects 2026.

🚨#DiscoveryProjects #DP26

❗️Outcomes for Expressions of Interest should now be available in your RMS account ▶️ https://rms.arc.gov.au

Lead CIs should also get an email with their outcomes (might be staggered over the next hour?).

Full apps open 5 Mar, due 16 Apr.

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25 announcement cont.:

Outcomes summary:

Approved / requested (%)
Apps: 536 / 1132 (47.3%)
Funds: $342.17M / $855.49M (40.0%)

Approved grants requested $396.06M; 86.4% provided.

🚨 #DiscoveryProjects #DP25 announcement:

❗️Outcomes announced publicly for Discovery Projects 2025❗️

See ARC's RMS for list ➡️ https://rms.arc.gov.au/RMS/Report/Download/Report/a3f6be6e-33f7-4fb5-98a6-7526aaa184cf/273

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So, despite reports of ARC staff saying that #DiscoveryProjects #DP25 recommendations were sent to the Minister before 1st Nov., this cannot be true because they do not appear in the #ARCSenateOrder list just published.

#DiscoveryProjects

Several sources reporting ARC sent DP25 recommendations to the Minister on/before 29 Oct.

If true, recs will be public by 15 Nov, guaranteed by the ARC Senate Order.

Minister has mostly been approving recs within 2 weeks so ARC may announce outcomes earlier.

Final results for poll on number of peer assessors for #DiscoveryProjects, after adding the votes from other platforms:

1: ⬜️5.5%
2: ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 32.6%
3: 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦39.0%
4+:⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️23.0%

344 votes

ARC Board have approved Guidelines for all upcoming schemes.

These aren’t on GrantConnect yet, but they’re already available from the Federal Register of Legislation.

For example, I don’t see major changes to #DiscoveryProjects there (e.g. same assessment category weightings).

How many #DiscoveryProjects peer assessors (a.k.a. detailed assessors) did you receive reports from?

(full applications only, not EOIs)

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

Rejoinders have opened.

Assessor reports are now available in RMS ▶️ https://rms.arc.gov.au

https://aus.social/@ARC_Tracker/112913749819016539

#DiscoveryProjects

Reviewer reports available tomorrow (7 Aug) for #DP25. Normally ~11am AEST.

Good luck!

But with ~1140 proposals & ~3500 reviews, there'll be some #BadReviewers. Unfortunately, this is where ARC could make real improvements, as summarised in this old 🧵👇
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1266251689427824640.html

Hi ARC 👋

You’ve asked some #DiscoveryProjects applicants to be detailed assessors (same as previous years).

Some perceive this as a conflict of interest (COI).

Your policies appear to preclude applicants being assessors coz it's a perceived COI ↙️↘️

Comments?

#DiscoveryProjects

Peer reviewers should start getting full apps to review today.

Q: Can people who submitted full apps be reviewers?

This used to be the case, but has it changed with the 2-stage process? Only a third as many to review, so there’s an opportunity to change.

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

ARC has included a bit more information about the assessment of the Expressions of Interest.

In particular, some explanation that there may or may not be some overlap between the 3 College assessors on an EOI and the 2 on the corresponding full app👇

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

Has anyone managed to get a straight answer from the ARC about whether the two College assessors of a full app will be

(a) definitely the same;
(b) definitely not the same; or
(c) possibly the same

as 2 of the 3 EOI assessors?

🙏

Here's a report on the #DiscoveryProjects Expressions of Interest stage, by Jenny Sinclair for Research Professional News.

TL;DR: Seems OK so far but let's get a proper assessment later.

Features Palli Thordarson (Roy. Aus. Chem. Inst.) (& me)

[No paywall]
https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-australia-government-agencies-2024-4-expressions-of-interest-stage-knocks-out-3000-applications/

The problem with trying to assess whether #DiscoveryProjects EOI process was good/bad/better/worse is we don't have proper data.

Here’s a perspective from someone with a different vantage point👇

@arc_gov_au should do proper analysis of scoring disparities vs previous years🤞

ARC has opened full applications for #DiscoveryProjects #DP25.

EOI info is copied across to full app form, without possibility to change it. Good.

I wondered whether EOI 2-page Project Description would be included in full app & available to assessors. DMers report it isn't.

ARC has provided some info about the #DiscoveryProjects EOI shortlisting process ▶️ https://www.arc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/Discovery%20Projects%20EOI%20-%20Shortlisting%20Explainer.pdf

🔹27.5% success rate – 1141 shortlisted of 4147 EOIs
🔹EOIs with "disparate scores" shortlisted if median score put it above threshold
🔹All EOIs reviewed by 3 assessors

🚨#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

❗️Outcomes for Expressions of Interest should now be available in your RMS account ▶️ https://rms.arc.gov.au

Lead CIs should also get an email their outcomes, but ARC said these might be staggered through the day.

Full apps are due to ARC on 4 June.

For those asking how ARC will announce EOI outcomes for #DiscoveryProjects #DP25:

I don't know.

My guess: No public list. They'll just post on their website that outcomes are available in your RMS account. I hope they just email outcomes directly to applicants (like for #IM24).

https://aus.social/@ARC_Tracker/112215923368447423

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

Only just submitted your EOI, right? Well, outcomes are due Mon–Wed next week!

ARC want 50% of full apps funded. With 4149 EOIs submitted & 421 funded in DP24, expect ~20–25% of EOIs to be invited to full app.

Tough, but at least you'll know next week!

ARC's time-line for DP25 ▶️ https://www.arc.gov.au/funding-research/grants-calendar/discovery-projects-2025

#DiscoveryProjects #DP25

Apparently*, 4149 EOIs were submitted to the ARC.

If, like last year, 421 are eventually funded, that’s a 10% success rate 🤪

Also means ~20% of EOIs will be invited to submit a full app coz ARC previously said full apps would have ~50% success rate.

#DiscoveryProjects

For those who missed the ARC's (technically challenged) presentation about the EOI stage of #DP25 yesterday, the recording is at https://youtu.be/gEFrZABjVPQ