Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) Fact Sheet 

KEY POINTS

• The objective of the CTS is to provide high quality research commercialisation training for the next generation of Australian researchers (Doctorate and Masters by research students) as a means of equipping them with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to bring research-based ideas, inventions and innovations to market.
  
  
• CTS students will receive training in three areas:
  
  
• Commercialisation Know-how (a strategic understanding of commercialisation processes);
  
  
• Technical Commercialisation Skills (eg Intellectual Property Management, Financial Management, Project Management and Market Research); and
  
  
• Organisational Behaviour Skills (eg Leadership, Teamwork and Presentation skills).
  
  
• CTS students are exempt from payment of student contribution amounts and tuition fees for units undertaken as part of CTS training.  Students are awarded a Graduate Certificate on successful completion of CTS training.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Legislation –
Higher Education Support Act 2003

Purpose
The objective of the CTS is to provide high quality research commercialisation training for the next generation of Australian researchers (Doctorate and Masters by research students) as a means of equipping them with the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to bring research-based ideas, inventions and innovations to market.
CTS students will receive training in three areas:

• Commercialisation Know-how (a strategic understanding of commercialisation processes);
  
  
• Technical Commercialisation Skills (eg Intellectual Property Management, Financial Management, Project Management and Market Research); and
  
  
• Organisational Behaviour Skills (eg Leadership, Teamwork and Presentation skills).

CTS students are exempt from payment of student contribution amounts and tuition fees for units undertaken as part of CTS training.  Students are awarded a Graduate Certificate on successful completion of CTS training.

Length of program and proposed annual budget over the program's life

* Paid on a calendar year basis.

Eligibility and target audience
To be eligible for funding, Higher Education Providers (HEP) must be listed in sections 16-15 and
16-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 and confirm their participation each year. Funding is provided through annual block grants to participating HEPs who are responsible for identifying and selecting high quality Australian higher degree by research students for support under the CTS.