J G Russell Award
The J G Russell Award offers additional funding to top early-career basic science researchers, supporting their research costs, equipment, and travel to advance impactful scientific work.
Funder: Australian Academy of Science
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (submission deadline — by ARC nomination)
Funding Amounts: $7,000 per award; typically supports 4–5 recipients annually; funding for research costs, equipment, or travel; activities expected within 2 years of award.
Summary: Supports early-career researchers in basic sciences with top-up funding for research expenses, equipment, and travel, by invitation only.
Key Information: Candidates are selected from ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award recipients and invited to apply; no open application process.
Description
The award provides financial support to outstanding early-career researchers in the basic sciences, helping to cover research-related costs such as equipment, maintenance, and travel. It is intended as a mark of esteem from the scientific community and aims to facilitate impactful research by providing additional resources to promising scientists. Recipients are chosen from those awarded the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and are invited to apply—there is no open application process.
