KEY POINTS
- The Research Training Scheme (RTS) provides block grants, on a calendar year basis, to eligible Higher Education Providers (HEPs) to support research training for domestic students undertaking Doctorate and Masters degrees by research.
- The objectives of the RTS are to:
- enhance the quality of research training provision in Australia
- improve the responsiveness of HEP's 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.
|
Estimated Actual
2008 – 2009*
$’000
591,522 |
Estimate
2009-2010*
$’000
603,943 |
Estimate
2010-2011*
$’000
614,795 |
Estimate
2011-2012*
$’000
630,521
|
Estimate
2012-2013*
$’000
653,219
|
Source: Additional estimates statement 2009-10
*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.