Research Training Scheme (RTS) 

The RTS provides block grants, on a calendar year basis, to eligible Australian Higher Education Providers (HEPs) to support research training for 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 HEPs to the needs of their research students
• encourage HEPs to develop their own research training profiles
• ensure the relevance of research degree programs to labour market requirements
• improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research training.

Important Note: Payments are made to HEPs who administer the schemes on behalf of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. Individual students and researchers need to approach their HEP to obtain funding support.

Guidelines

The RTS guidelines applying to RTS for 2010 are contained within the Other Grants Guidelines (Research) 2009 which can be downloaded from the Australian Government's Federal Register of Legislative Instruments at:

• Legislative Instrument - F2009L03950

Conditions

The RTS Grant Amounts for 2010 have been provided to HEPs on the basis of the conditions outlined in the following document

• 2010 RTS Conditions of Grant (including student eligibility criteria) (96 KB)
• 2010 RTS Conditions of Grant (including student eligibility criteria) (304 KB)

Process for determining RTS grant amounts

• 2010 RTS process calculations (36 KB)
• 2010 RTS process calculations (108 KB)

Contact

For more information, please email: RBGrants@innovation.gov.au with "RTS" as the subject line.