Finance & Planning Group

External Submissions Portal — Grant Schemes


Australian Postgraduate Award

University of Melbourne Amount

2009 APA $13,477,462

Commonwealth Department URL

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/programmes_funding/programme_categories/fellowships_awards_prizes/australian_postgraduate_awards_scheme.htm

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

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/programmes_funding/programme_categories/capital_Dev_Pool/

Commercialisation Training Scheme

University of Melbourne Amount

2009 CTS $584,945

Commonwealth Department URL

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/policies_issues_reviews/key_issues/commercialisation/commercialisation.htm

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

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/programmes_funding/programme_categories/key_priorities/diversity_fund.htm

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

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/programmes_funding/general_funding/operating_grants/institutional_grants_scheme.htm

International Postgraduate Research Scheme

University of Melbourne Amount

2009 IPRS $2,296,065

Commonwealth Department URL

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/key_issues/scholarship/default.htm#schol

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

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/higher_education/policy_issues_reviews/key_issues/learning_teaching/ltpf/

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

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/programmes_funding/general_funding/research_infrastructure/research_infrastructure_block_grants_scheme.htm

Research Training Scheme

University of Melbourne Amount

2009 RTS $68,155,890

Commonwealth Department URL

http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/research_sector/programmes_funding/programme_categories/professional_skills/research_training_scheme.htm

 

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