Assessor reports should now be available in RMS for Discovery Projects 2026.
#DiscoveryProjects
❗️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.
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)
Rejoinders have opened.
Assessor reports are now available in RMS ▶️ https://rms.arc.gov.au
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?
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.
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👇
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)
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
❗️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.
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