Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Key dates for Australian Renewable Energy Agency
Research and Development Programme Round 4
- Release of Funding Rules: TBA (expected mid-2018)
- Proposals open: TBA (expected mid-2018)
- UQ Research and Innovation (UQR&I) information session: TBA
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Expressions of Interest (EoI) due to UQR&I: TBA
- EoIs close with ARENA: TBA (expected June 2018)
- Full applications due to UQR&I: TBA
- Full applications close with ARENA: TBA (expected September 2018)
Advancing Renewables Programme
- Release of Funding Rules: early 2017
- Proposals open: TBA for competitive rounds, continuous for non-competitive round submissions
- UQR&I information session: TBA
- Applications close with ARENA: TBA
Overview
ARENA funds projects that advance renewable energy technologies at all stages of the innovation chain, up to pre-commercial development. Research funding can be sought under two programs: Research and Development, and Advancing Renewables.
The Research and Development Program supports ground breaking projects that will increase the use of renewable energy technologies in Australia by making them competitive with conventional energy sources. There is one round per year, typically in the range of $500,000 - $5 million per grant, with the priorities changing each round. An Expression of Interest must be submitted to ARENA with full applications then invited for submission.
The Advancing Renewables Program supports a broad range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects that can deliver affordable and reliable renewable energy. This fund is continuously open to applications for all activities identified in the ARENA Investment Plan, except the identified competitive rounds.
How to apply
Further information on how to apply will be made available once a competitive round is opened.
If participating in an application through the non-competitive stream of the Advancing Renewables Program, please advise industrygrants@research.uq.edu.au as soon as possible of the intent to submit. An advanced draft and Funding Application Coversheet should be submitted to industrygrants@research.uq.edu.au for internal review 10 business days prior to the external submission.
All proposals must be completed online using ARENA’s Grants Management System, ARENANet. For more information, find out How to apply for funding.
Readership and researcher support
Before applying, we recommend you:
- Contact your faculty or institute liaison for advice on peer readership programs.
- Join the UQR&I Mailer to stay up to date with round developments.
- Access the UQR&I Grants Library, a helpful resource of past successful proposals.
- Attend UQR&I information sessions and access PowerPoint presentations from presentations and slides.
- Contact your UQ liaison librarian for advice on bibliometrics, online identifiers and data management planning.
Key documents
ARENA - Research and Development Program Round 3
- Research and Development Program Research Guidelines - Round 3 (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Frequently Asked Questions - Round 3 (PDF, 124KB)
- Roadshow Q&A - Round 3 (PDF, 83KB)
- Roadshow presentation - Round 3 (PDF, 1.4MB)
ARENA - Advancing Renewables Program 2017
- Advancing Renewables Program Guidelines 2017 (PDF, 1.6MB)
- Budget and Funding Sources form (PDF, 37KB)
- Guidance to Applicants - Estimate the Costs of Electricity (PDF, 161KB)
UQ
A suite of templates and proformas to assist you in compiling your application will be made available here when the next round is fully open.
Contact
Scheme queries
industrygrants@research.uq.edu.au
Round coordinator
Sarah Forbes
If you are applying through UQ but you are not a current UQ staff member, please contact the round coordinator to be added to the UQR&I mailing list.