Entity
Australian Research Council
+$48m (+4.5%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Kind of expense
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$965m falls in 2026-27, equal to 86.6% of this total: $17m in contracts and $948m in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By program
| Program | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program 1.2: Linkage - Cross Sector Research Partnerships | $406m | $436m | +$29m +7.2% | 39.1% | – |
| Program 1.1: Discovery - Research and Research Training | $630m | $649m | +$19m +3.1% | 58.2% | – |
| Program 1.3: Excellence in Research for Australia | $31m | $31m | −$174k −0.6% | 2.7% | – |
Who gets paid
Contracts active in 2026-27, from AusTender. Amounts for the year are each contract’s value spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Contracts active
- 560
- Suppliers
- 122
- Limited tender
- 46.2% of value · 474 contracts
- Value added by amendments
- $11m across 90 amended contracts
Largest suppliers
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Supplier | Contracts | 2026-27 est. | Limited tender |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLEO RESOURCING PTY LTD | 6 | $997k | 0.0% |
| Enable Software Pty Ltd | 3 | $710k | 0.0% |
| Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd | 2 | $668k | 0.0% |
| Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited | 6 | $621k | 0.0% |
| ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY | 36 | $610k | 100.0% |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | 3 | $605k | 0.0% |
| Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | 5 | $602k | 0.0% |
| University of New South Wales | 31 | $562k | 100.0% |
| The University of Sydney | 27 | $502k | 100.0% |
| Face 2 Face Recruitment Pty Limited | 6 | $495k | 0.0% |
| Monash University | 28 | $474k | 100.0% |
| UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | 31 | $474k | 100.0% |
| National Security College | 23 | $446k | 100.0% |
| McGrathNicol Advisory | 2 | $439k | 0.0% |
| Queensland University of Technology | 25 | $427k | 100.0% |
Largest contracts
Suppliers who are individuals are counted in the totals above but not listed. Why
| Contract | Supplier | Method | Term | Total value | 2026-27 est. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VSA 6 CN4252830 |
Data#3 Limited Formerly: Data #3 Business | open tender | 2026-07-01 to 2031-03-18 | $1.8m | $382k |
| Temporary Personnel CN4271394 |
Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-09-07 to 2027-09-06 | $456k | $371k |
| Solutions Architect/.Net Developer CN4098456 |
Enable Software Pty Ltd | open tender | 2024-10-02 to 2027-09-30 | $1.1m was $340k |
$352k |
| Infrastructure Administrator CN4166199 |
Karlka Recruiting Group Pty Ltd | open tender | 2025-07-01 to 2027-06-30 | $663k was $330k |
$332k |
| Temporary employee CN4259815 |
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | open tender | 2026-06-24 to 2027-06-23 | $318k | $312k |
| Temporary personnel CN4242019 |
Horizon One Recruitment Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-05-25 to 2027-05-24 | $331k | $297k |
| Agency Travel costs Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2027 CN4039092 |
Corporate Travel Management Group Pty Ltd | open tender | 2024-02-05 to 2027-06-30 | $1.0m | $294k |
| Senior .Net Developer CN4279757 |
Enable Software Pty Ltd | open tender | 2026-10-01 to 2027-09-30 | $368k | $275k |
| Temporary employee CN4256446 |
HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT (AUSTRA Pty Limited | open tender | 2026-06-20 to 2027-06-19 | $272k | $264k |
| Strategic Risk Management CN4199004 |
McGrathNicol Advisory | open tender | 2025-11-03 to 2026-11-03 | $765k | $263k |
| Temporary personnel services CN4273967 |
CHANDLER MACLEOD GROUP LTD | open tender | 2026-09-07 to 2027-09-06 | $322k | $262k |
| IT Service Desk Support CN4111336 |
HiTech Group Australia Ltd | open tender | 2024-11-01 to 2026-11-03 | $1.5m was $248k |
$257k |
| Infrastructure and Systems support CN4166194 |
A23 PTY. LTD. | open tender | 2025-07-01 to 2027-06-30 | $451k | $226k |
| Temporary employee CN4206390 |
CALLEO RESOURCING PTY LTD | open tender | 2025-11-26 to 2027-05-25 | $349k was $111k |
$210k |
| Data Centre Services CN4251986 |
Australian Data Centre | open tender | 2026-07-01 to 2027-06-30 | $200k | $200k |
Professional services by kind of work
Contracts active in 2026-27 that AusTender files under “management and business professionals”, sorted by an AI model reading each contract’s description. AI-classified estimate: annualised
A further $25k across 2 contracts has descriptions too vague to classify with confidence, and is left out of the categories above.
In 2024-25 the entity reported paying $2.4m on consultancy contracts (cash, including GST). Contracts classified as consultancy come to $123k for that year (AusTender values spread over each contract’s term). The two are measured differently, so they are not expected to match. How we classify.
Grants awarded
Grants active in 2026-27, from GrantConnect. Each grant’s total value is spread across its term. estimate: annualised
- Grants active
- 4397
- 2026-27 est.
- $948m
- Recipients
- 42
- Without an open round
- 0.0% of value
By category
Largest recipients
Recipients who are individuals, and awards that name no single recipient, are counted above but not listed. Why
| Recipient | Grants | 2026-27 est. |
|---|---|---|
| Monash University | 457 | $109m |
| The University of Queensland | 436 | $101m |
| The University of New South Wales | 418 | $99m |
| The University of Sydney | 410 | $88m |
| The University of Melbourne | 426 | $85m |
| The Australian National University | 290 | $55m |
| Adelaide University | 238 | $51m |
| RMIT University | 164 | $35m |
| Queensland University of Technology | 152 | $32m |
| University of Technology Sydney | 159 | $31m |
| Flinders University | 96 | $27m |
| Griffith University | 123 | $26m |
| The University of Western Australia | 123 | $25m |
| University of Wollongong | 92 | $22m |
| Macquarie University | 107 | $18m |
Contract spending reported by the entity
What the entity reported in its annual reports, from the Transparency Portal: cash paid in each year, including GST. These are actual payments, unlike the AusTender contract values above. They are shown as published and are not used in any total on this site. reported
| Year | Consultancy | Other contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $2.4m 807 contracts |
$18m 190 contracts |
| 2023-24 | $1.9m 660 contracts |
$14m 227 contracts |
| 2022-23 | $5.2m 647 contracts |
$10m 178 contracts |
| 2021-22 | $2.8m 562 contracts |
$8.4m 167 contracts |
Organisations paid the most in 2024-25
As listed by the entity, usually its five largest of each type. Organisations who are individuals are not listed. Why
| Consultancy | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| McGrathNicol Advisory Partnership | $488k |
| Vectiq Pty Ltd | $167k |
| A23 Pty Ltd | $108k |
| Puzzle Partners | $81k |
| Rowdy Co P/L | $34k |
| Other contracts | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Jones Lang LaSalle – ARC | $3.0m |
| Face 2 Face Recruitment | $1.3m |
| Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Ltd | $1.1m |
| Calleo Resourcing Pty Ltd | $974k |
| Dell Australia | $684k |