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 2009 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 9th day of December 2008.
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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 2009 FOR EACH PURPOSE OF GRANT SPECIFIED IN SECTION 41-10 OF THE ACT*
ITEM
PURPOSE OF GRANT
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR 2009
ITEM 1
PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
$52,592,000
ITEM 2
PROMOTE PRODUCTIVITY
$79,078,000
ITEM 3
ENHANCE LEARNING & TEACHING
$73,136,000
ITEM 4
SUPPORT NATIONAL INSTITUTES
$176,230,000
ITEM 5
SUPPORT CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
$71,565,000
ITEM 6
ASSIST WITH THE COST OF SUPERANNUATION LIABILITIES
$137,415,000
ITEM 8A
ASSIST WITH THE COST OF PROVIDING THE PRACTICAL COMPONENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION
$18,378,000
ITEM 9
FOSTER COLLABORATION AND REFORM
Nil
ITEM 9A
SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND STRUCTURAL REFORM
$53,045,000
ITEM 11 (a)
ENSURE AND ENHANCE QUALITY
$30,447,000
ITEM 11 (c)
SUPPORT OPEN ACCESS
$273,000
ITEM 12
TRANSITIONAL COSTS OF CHANGES TO MAXIMUM STUDENT CONTRIBUTION AMOUNTS
$40,356,000
$732,514,000
* 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 Disability Support Program
· Higher Education Equity Support Program
· Indigenous Support Program
Item 2
Grants to promote the productivity of higher education providers
· Workplace Productivity Program
· Workplace Reform Program
Item 3
Grants to enhance learning and teaching in higher education
· Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
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
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
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 10*
Grants to support the development of systemic infrastructure used by higher education providers
· Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
· 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 Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
· 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