Commonwealth of Australia
 
Higher Education Support Act 2003
 
List of Grants under Division 41
 
 
List prepared pursuant to section 41-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003
 
 
 
I, Julia Gillard, Minister for Education, pursuant to section 41-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’), approve the attached list of the maximum amounts of all grants which may be paid in 2010 for each purpose of grant specified in the table in section 41-10 of the Act, except for items 7, 8, 10 and 11(b)*.
 
 
 
 
Dated this   11th     day of December 2009.
 
 

Julia Gillard
_________________________________________
 
The Hon Julia Gillard MP
Minister for Education
 
 
* Items administered by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIST PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 41-50 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT  
                                                                       ACT 2003 (THE ACT)
                                                                                        OF
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF GRANTS WHICH MAYBE PAID IN 2010 FOR EACH PURPOSE OF GRANT SPECIFIED IN SECTION 41-10 OF THE ACT*
 

ITEM
PURPOSE OF GRANT
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR 2010

ITEM 1
PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
$110,058,000


ITEM 2
PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY
$27,672,000

ITEM 3
ENHANCE LEARNING & TEACHING
Nil

ITEM 4
SUPPORT NATIONAL INSTITUTES
$179,930,000

ITEM 5
SUPPORT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
$73,068,000

ITEM 6
ASSIST WITH THE COST OF SUPERANNUATION LIABILITIES
$140,301,000

ITEM 8A
ASSIST WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING THE PRACTICAL COMPONENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION
Nil

ITEM 9
FOSTER COLLABORATION AND REFORM
Nil

ITEM 9A
SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND STRUCTURAL REFORM
$20,417,000

ITEM 9B
STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT FUND
$63,841,000

ITEM 11 (a)
ENSURE AND ENHANCE QUALITY
$31,087,000

ITEM 11 (c)
SUPPORT OPEN ACCESS
$278,000

ITEM 12
TRANSITIONAL COSTS OF CHANGES TO MAXIMUM STUDENT CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS
$19,217,100

 
 
$665,869,000

 
 
 
* except for items 7, 8, 10 and 11(b) which are items administered by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                                                                            ATTACHMENT B
 
Higher Education Support Act 2003 - Other Grants – Section 41-10
 
Item No.
Purpose
Programs

Item 1
Grants to promote equality of opportunity in higher education
·       Higher Education Equity Support Program Fund (Program to cease in 2010)
·       Higher Education Disability Support Program
·       Indigenous Support Program
·       Higher Education Partnerships and Participation Program

Item 2
Grants to promote the productivity of higher education providers
·       Workplace Productivity Program
·       Workplace Reform Program (Program to cease in 2010)
 

Item 3
Grants to enhance learning and teaching in higher education
·       Learning and Teaching Performance Fund (Program to cease in 2010)

Item 4
Grants to support national institutes specified in the Other Grants Guidelines for the purposes of this item
·       National Institutes

Item 5
Grants to support the capital development project of higher education providers
·       Capital Development Pool

Item 6
Grants to assist with the cost of higher education providers’ superannuation liabilities
·       Superannuation Program

Item 7*
Grants to support research by, and the research capability of, higher education providers
·       Research Infrastructure Block Grants
·       Institutional Grants Scheme
·       Joint Research Engagement Program
·       Sustainability Research Excellence in Universities

Item 8*
Grants to support the training of research students
·       Research Training Scheme
·       Regional Protection Scheme
·       Commercialisation Training Scheme

Item 8A
Grants to assist with the cost of providing the practical component of teacher education
·       Improving the Practical Component of Teacher Education (Program to cease in 2010)

Item 9
Grants to foster collaboration and reform in higher education
·       Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund

Item 9A
Grants to support diversity and structural reform
·       Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund
·       Clinical Outreach Program – JCU Dental School

Item 9B
Grants to support structural adjustment
·       Structural Adjustment Fund

Item 10*
Grants to support the development of systemic infrastructure used by higher education providers
·       The Implementation Assistance Program
·       The Australian Scheme for Higher Education Repositories

Item 11
 
 
Grants for activities that:
(a)    assure and enhance the quality of Australia’s higher education sector; or
 
(b)*  foster an understanding of the importance of, or promote research and scholarship in, science, social science or the humanities in Australia; or
 
(c)  support open access to higher education across Australia
·       Quality Initiatives comprising Australian University Quality Agency, Graduate Skills Assessment, Graduate Careers Council and Learning and Teaching Council
 
·       Grants-in-Aid
·       Learned Academies
·       Chair in Child Protection
 
·       Open Universities Australia

Item 12
Grants to assist with transitional costs of changes to maximum student contribution amounts
·       Transitional Costs Program

 
* items 7, 8, 10 and 11(b) are items administered by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research