The Australian Government regularly conducts and commissions reviews, studies, consultations and evaluations that may impact research block grants (RBG) to ensure that funding is allocated in a fair and transparent way and that the policy intent of the programs is being met.
On this page:
Recent documents
- 2021: Growing industry internships for research PhD students through the Research Training Program implementation paper
- 2021: Consultation Paper: Changes to the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) cycle
- 2018: Consultation Paper: Effect of new accounting standards on the reporting of research income data
- 2017: Research Training Implementation Plan (RTIP)
- 2017: Consultation Paper: Reporting requirements for Research Block Grants for universities
2010-2016
- 2016 - Review of Australia's research training system (ACOLA review)
- 2016 - Consultation on program guidelines for research block grants for universities
- 2015 - National Innovation and Science Agenda report
- 2015 - Review of research policy and funding arrangements (Watt review)
- 2015 - Consultation paper - Treatment of partner income under HERDC Category 1
- 2014 - Boosting the commercial returns from research
- 2013 - Review of online research publications
- 2011 - Higher education base funding review - Final report (Lomax-Smith review)
- 2011 - Review of industry and other income (Category 3), and the Joint Research Engagement (JRE) scheme
- 2011 - Principles for joint higher degrees by research
- 2010 - Commercialisation Training Scheme (CTS) evaluation
- 2010 - Review of the Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR)
- 2010 - Other public sector research income (Category 2) review
- 2010 - International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) program evaluation
2000-2009
- 2009 - Transforming Australia's higher education system
- 2009 - Review of the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)
- 2008-2009 - Study on the full cost of university research
- 2008 - Review of Australian higher education - Final report (Bradley review)
- 2008 - Review of the National Innovation System (Cutler review)
- 2004 - Evaluation of knowledge and innovation reforms consultation report
Pre-2000
- 1999 - Knowledge and innovation: a policy statement on research and research training (white paper)
- 1999 - New knowledge, new opportunities: a discussion paper on higher education research and research training (green paper)
- 1998 - Review of higher education financing and policy - Final report (West report)
- 1988 - Higher education: a policy statement (white paper)
- 1987 - Higher education: a policy discussion paper (green paper)
- 1979 - Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education and Training (Williams report)
- 1964 - Tertiary education in Australia (Martin report)
- 1957 - Report of the Committee on Australian Universities (Murray report)
Enquiries
For further information, email RBGrants@education.gov.au