KEY POINTS
- The Regional Protection Scheme (RPS) helps to protect designated regional higher education providers from losses they incur in their total Research Training Scheme and Institutional Grant Scheme allocations against a 2001 baseline.
- The RPS terminated at the end of 2007/08.
FACTS AND FIGURES - Regional Protection Scheme (RPS)
Legislation - Higher Education Support Act 2003
Purpose
The Regional Protection Scheme (RPS) was an interim initiative of the Knowledge and Innovation reforms to higher education research that was extended under Backing Australia’s Ability – Building our Future through Science and Innovation. It helped to protect designated regional higher education providers from losses they incurred in their total Research Training Scheme and Institutional Grant Scheme allocations against a 2001 baseline.
Length of program and proposed annual budget over the program's life
The RPS terminates at the end of 2008.
|
Estimated Actual
2007 – 2008
$’000
3,211 |
Estimate
2008-2009
$’000
- |
Estimate
2009-2010
$’000
- |
Estimate
2010-2011
$’000
- |
Eligibility and target audience
The designated regional higher education providers were: Charles Sturt University; Southern Cross University; the University of New England; the University of Newcastle; University of Wollongong; Deakin University; La Trobe University; University of Ballarat; Central Queensland University; James Cook University; University of Southern Queensland; University of Tasmania; and Northern Territory University.