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Fellows (QE11)

ARFs and QEIIs provide opportunities for established researchers to undertake research of national and international significance. QEIIs encourage research in Australia by postdoctoral graduates of exceptional promise and proven capacity for original work.

Applicants must have an excellent academic record and have been awarded a PhD or equivalent research doctorate.

At the time of application, applicants should have more than three years, but not more than eight years, professional experience since the award of their PhD unless they are current ARC APD or APA(I)s in the final year of their Fellowship. An APD fellow (or an APD(I) fellow) may apply for an ARF//QEII in the final year of his/her APD or APD(I) Research Fellowship.

4.3.6.1 Tenure details and support entitlements

ARF/QEII Fellowships have a standard tenure of five years. The ARC notional salary rates for Fellowships are set out in Appendix 1.

ARFs are tenable at any eligible higher education institution or other organisation but are not tenable at research organisations outside the higher education sector that are funded primarily for research from State or Commonwealth Government sources such as the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO), State Research and Development (R&D) organisations and NHMRC block-funded institutions.

QEII Fellowships are categorised as training awards and, as such, are tenable at any eligible higher education institution or at research organisations outside the higher education sector that are funded primarily for research from State or Commonwealth Government sources such as the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO), State Research and Development (R&D) organisations and NHMRC block-funded institutions, or other organisations.

4.3.6.2 Selection

Preference may be given to Australian citizens and permanent residents in the ARF category. Overseas applicants will need to demonstrate a higher level of performance than their competitors or be able to offer special expertise, extensive skills or exceptionally high performance levels not available locally and of benefit to Australian research. The competition for QEII Fellowships is open.

The ARC may give preference to applicants who intend to move to an institution other than the one where their PhD was obtained, in order to take up the Fellowship, and/or who have had research experience at more than one institution. Applicants should provide a justification of their choice of institution, particularly if no change of institution is planned.