External grants & opportunities

Research block grants

Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants research income

The Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) lists schemes that provide competitive research grants to higher education providers (HEPs). The income HEPs receive from schemes listed on the ACGR drives the allocation of over $200 million of Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) each year.

Visit the Department of Education's ACGR website for the latest version of the ACGR and for more information including funding criteria and reporting guidelines.

Category 2: Other public sector research income

Category 2 income includes:

• any other research income received from the Australian Government that is not eligible for inclusion as Category 1 research income
• research income from Australian Government business enterprises
• research income (including contract research) from both state and local governments
• research income from state government business enterprises
• research income from partly government owned or funded bodies
• research income from Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) in which the reporting University was not a core participant or participant (i.e. was not a signatory to the Commonwealth Agreement during the reporting period).

Category 3: Industry and other research income

Category 3: Industry and other research income must be categorised in the following subcategories.

Australia

• Contracts
• Grants
• Donations, bequests and foundations
• HDR fees for domestic students

International A: Competitive, peer-reviewed research grant income

Competitive and peer reviewed grants for research from non-Australian industry or non- Australian Government agencies including non-Australian industry collaborative research grants.

International B: Other income

• Contract research provided by non-Australian industry or Government agencies including non-Australian industry collaborative research grants.
• Non-competitive grants for research from non-Australian industry or Government agencies, including non-Australian industry collaborative research grants.
• Donations and bequests for conduct of research that have been received from non-Australian business, non-for-profit organisations or citizens.

International C: HDR fees for international students

Funds received for providing the cost of an international student's HDR fee-paying place (but excluding Commonwealth supported places). This includes tuition fees that international fee paying students (non-Commonwealth supported) pay to their HEP for a HDR program or HDR-related course of study.

Category 4: Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) research income

The Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program is a major contributor to research funding in Australia. The Programme links researchers with industry and supports research that can be used, as well as education programs that produce industry-ready graduates. Category 4 comprises the following subcategories:

• research income derived from Australian Government grants to CRCs
• research income derived from non-HEP members of CRCs
• research income derived from external parties contributing to CRCs.

Detailed information on what can and cannot be included under Category 4 CRC research income is available on the Department of Education HERDC page.