Research

The department focuses research in Australia, improves research training and infrastructure, and helps researchers collaborate with business, government and international organisations.

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Block Grants

Research Block Grants for higher education providers are allocated through six schemes:

A range of information and grants data is used to calculate Block Grants, including:

University related initiatives

Commonwealth-Australian National University Strategic Relationship
The Australian National Institute for Public Policy will be established as part of the strategic relationship.
Mission-based Compacts for Universities
Agreements that show how each university contributes to the Government’s goals for higher education and research.

Industry-research collaboration

Find out how industry-research collaboration benefits businesses and researchers.

Funding

Collaborative Research Networks (CRN) program
Helps smaller higher education institutions develop their research capacity and collaborate with other institutions.
Cooperative Research Centres program
Supports cooperative research that is driven by the end user.
Australia-China Science and Research Fund
Supports science and research collaboration that benefits both countries.
Australia-India Strategic Research Fund
Helps Australian researchers work with Indian researchers on leading edge scientific projects. Grant rounds are held every year.

For infrastructure funding, go to research infrastructure.

Research students

For information on how to apply for government funded research scholarships and awards, contact your preferred universities in Australia.