KEY POINTS
- The Research Training Scheme (RTS) provides block grants, on a calendar year basis, to eligible Australian higher education providers (HEPs) to support research training for domestic students undertaking research doctorate or research masters.
- The objectives of the RTS are to:
- enhance the quality of research training provision in Australia
- improve the responsiveness of HEPs to the needs of their research students
- encourage HEPs to develop their own research training profiles
- ensure the relevance of research degree programmes to labour market requirements
- improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research training.
FACTS AND FIGURES
Legislation
Higher Education Support Act 2003
Length of program and proposed annual budget over the program's life
The RTS is an ongoing program.
|
Actual
2009-2010*
$’000
|
Estimate
2010-2011*
$’000
|
Estimate
2011-2012*
$’000
|
Estimate
2012-2013*
$’000
|
Estimate
2013-2014*
$’000
|
|
603,943
|
615,100
|
628,662
|
648,814
|
673,162
|
Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2010-11
*Paid on a calendar year basis.
Eligibility and target audience
To be eligible for funding HEPs must be listed in sections 16-15 and 16-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.