Funding for discovering, naming, and classifying Australia’s living organisms
Grants to support taxonomy and systematics research, training and recruitment of taxonomists in Australia, providing funding across multiple streams including scholarships, research grants and fellowships.
Australian institutions who are hosting Honours, Masters, PhD or non-salaried researchers.
Host institutions include museums, herbaria, universities, and other government agencies that have some focus on the science of taxonomy and systematics.
There are 7 grant streams:
- Honours Scholarship (Honours student hosted by an appropriate institution)
- Masters Scholarship (Masters student hosted by an appropriate institution)
- PhD Scholarship Support Grant (PhD student with a Research Training Program Scholarship that commenced in 2023 hosted by an appropriate institution)
- Non–salaried Researcher Grant (a retired or unemployed person, or someone who is currently employed in a non–taxonomy capacity, for whom taxonomic research is an auxiliary, non‑funded activity)
Co‑funded grants:
- Research Grant (researcher employed or hosted by an appropriate institution)
- Early Career Research Grant (early career researcher employed or hosted by an appropriate institution)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant (researcher who has had their PhD thesis accepted and is employed or hosted by an appropriate institution)
Co‑funded grants require co‑funding of a minimum of 50% of the total amount of grant funding sought.
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Last updated: 12 February 2026