External Submissions Portal — Grant Schemes
Australian Postgraduate Award
University of Melbourne Amount
2009 APA $13,477,462
Commonwealth Department URL
Australian Research Council Schemes
Commonwealth Department URL
http://www.arc.gov.au/ncgp/default.htm
Capital Development Pool Fund
Timeframe/dates (as a guide)
Applications closed 12 December 2008
Scheme Amount
The 2008 CDP round will make $71.565 million available to eligible higher education institutions, comprising $22.965 million available for 2010 and $48.6 million for 2011.
Commonwealth Department URL
Commercialisation Training Scheme
University of Melbourne Amount
2009 CTS $584,945
Commonwealth Department URL
Commonwealth Grant Scheme
Timeframe/dates (as a guide)
Begin negotiations in June each year.
Commonwealth Department URL
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/programmes_funding/general_funding/cgs/
Diversity & Structural Performance Fund
Timeframe/dates (as a guide)
The total allocation available for approval will be $2,000,000 in 2009 and that
amount will be indexed in accordance with the method set out in Part 5-6 of
the Act for each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
EOI closing date: 26 May 2008
Full Application submission date: 7 October 2008
Announcement of successful projects was made on 11 December 2008.
If using the above 2008 information as a guide it is strongly recommended that this be used as a very loose guide only because it's unlikely the dates will resemble those of 2008.
Scheme Amount
Over $200 million has been allocated to the Diversity Fund to support projects from 2008-2011.
Commonwealth Department URL
Education Investment Fund
Commonwealth Department URL
http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/EIF/Pages/default.aspx
Institutional Grants Scheme
University of Melbourne Amount
IGS: $36,364,394
Commonwealth Department URL
International Postgraduate Research Scheme
University of Melbourne Amount
2009 IPRS $2,296,065
Commonwealth Department URL
Learning & Teaching Performance Fund
Timeframe/dates (as a guide)
Expected timeline for 2009:
By 31 October 2008: Table A providers receive a copy of this Administrative Information for Providers and their preliminary results of the quantitative analysis
By 14 November 2008: University submissions to the Expert Panel due
By 5 December 2008: Expert Panel meets to consider the results of the quantitative analysis
By 31 December 2008: Minister announces which participating universities will receive funding
By 31 January 2009: First payment to successful participating universities
By 31 July 2009: Second payment to successful participating universities
Scheme Amount
Since 2006, the Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (LTPF) has provided around $220 million to reward universities for excellence in learning and teaching for undergraduate students. From 2009, the LTPF will reward improvement as well as excellence in learning and teaching. Up to $74 million is available for allocation in the next funding round.
Commonwealth Department URL
National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program (NALSSP)
Timeframe/dates (as a guide)
Expressions of Interest for Round 1 of the Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund closed on 17 April 2009. Round 2 will open in March 2010 and Round 3 will open in March 2011.
Scheme Amount
The Strategic Collaboration and Partnership Fund provides up to $500,000 (GST excl.)
Commonwealth Department URL
http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/NALSSP
NCRIS
Commonwealth Department URL
http://www.agrf.org.au/ncris.html
Research Infrastructure Block Grant
University of Melbourne Amount
2009 RIBG $29,070,545
Commonwealth Department URL
Research Training Scheme
University of Melbourne Amount
2009 RTS $68,155,890
Commonwealth Department URL