KEY POINTS
- The Research Training Scheme (RTS) provides block grants, on a calendar year basis, to eligible Higher Eduction Providers (HEPs) to support research training for domestic students undertaking Doctorate and Masters degrees by research.
To be eligible for funding, HEPs must be listed in sections 16-15 and 16-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.
- 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; and
- improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research training.
FACTS AND FIGURES
Legislation
Higher Education Support Act 2003
Purpose
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.
Length of program and proposed annual budget over the program's life
The RTS is an ongoing program.
|
Estimated Actual
2007 – 2008
$’000 |
Estimate
2008-2009
$’000
|
Estimate
2009-2010
$’000
|
Estimate
2010-2011
$’000
|
|
585,375 |
596,497 |
607,831 |
619,380 |
*Appropriated on a calendar year basis.
Eligibility and target audience
The RTS provides block grants, on a calendar year basis, to eligible HEPs to support research training for domestic students undertaking Doctorate and Masters degrees by research.
To be eligible for funding, HEPs must be listed in sections 16-15 and 16-20 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003.