Research Training Scheme Fact Sheet 

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.

 *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.