The recent round of ARC awards announced on 10 November 2017 included a significant number of grants within the broad fields of historical research, listed under the Field of Research two digit code DIV 21 History and Archaeology. However, the numbers of awards offered in this field are down on last year. The following tables show a comparison of grants awarded last year with this year and a synthesis of data relating to the grants.
FOR: DIV 21 History and Archaeology:
2101 Archaeology
2102 Curatorial and Related Studies
2103 Historical Studies
| Grant type | DP | Indigenous DP | DECRA | |||
| Year awarded | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 |
| 2101 Archaeology | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2102 Curatorial and Related Studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2103 Historical Studies | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Institution | Number in team | Gender of first named CI (based on name) | Number of females in team (based on name) |
| 2101 DPs (4) | |||
| UQ | 3 | F | 1 |
| Monash | 1 | M | 0 |
| Sydney | 7 | M | 2 |
| Sydney | 1 | F | 1 |
| 2103 DPs (12) | |||
| Sydney | 1 | M | 0 |
| Wollongong | 3 | F | 2 |
| Tasmania | 7 | M | 3 |
| Queensland | 1 | M | 0 |
| ACU | 2 | M | 0 |
| UNSW | 2 | F | 2 |
| UWA | 6 | F | 3 |
| Flinders | 4 | M | 2 |
| UWA | 3 | F | 3 |
| Monash | 1 | F | 1 |
| UNSW | 8 | F | 3 |
| Flinders | 1 | M | 1 |
| 2103 Indigenous DP (3) | |||
| UTS | 2 | F | 1 |
| VU | 2 | M | 1 |
| RMIT | 5 | M | 3 |
| 2101 DECRAs (2) | |||
| UWA | 1 | F | 1 |
| USyd | 1 | M | 0 |
| 2103 DECRAs (2) | |||
| ACU | 1 | M | 0 |
| UTS | 1 | F | 0 |