Uncapped Future Fellowship funding explodes to $344m


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The latest round of funding for mid-career researchers has topped $344 million — more than triple the typical amounts of previous years — and will enable almost 300 ambitious new projects.

The recipients of prized multi-year funding from the 2026 Future Fellowships scheme were announced on Tuesday by the Australian Research Council (ARC), which quietly lifted the 100 fellowship cap for the round.

A wide array of basic and applied …

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