ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships
Funds early-career mobility between industry and universities through ARC ECI fellowships with salary and project support for translation-focused research.
ARC Early Career Industry Fellowships sits in the ARC's Linkage program and is built to move researchers between universities and industry. It supports early-career people who want to build collaboration, translation, and commercialisation capability across both settings. When the scheme runs, it can award up to 50 fellowships a year. Each fellowship runs for three years and includes salary contribution plus up to AUD 150,000 in project costs, with the fellow spending time in both a university and an industry setting. The scheme is paused while the ARC finalises its NCGP policy review, so no current round is open. That pause matters for applicants, because there is no live application path to plan around at the moment. The scheme's design still points to the same fit: a researcher who can work credibly across institutional boundaries and translate research into industry practice. A strong case would show why the mobility itself is necessary, not just why the project is interesting.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.