Block Grants

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Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) Scheme

The Research Infrastructure Block Grants (RIBG) is funding provided by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) to all eligible Australian Higher Education Providers (HEPs), based on the Australian Competitive Grants Income averaged over the past two years.

QUT distributes RIBG funds to faculties annually based on their income from Australian Competitive Grants (51 accounts) over the past two years.

RIBG funds must be expended according to the DEEWR expenditure guidelines in the calendar year in which they are released.

Institutional Grant Scheme (IGS)

IGS Funding is distributed by DEEWR each year to those eligible higher education providers in Australia who have submitted data for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) and Higher Education Student Collection. It is based on a formula using data from these Collections, averaged over the past two years:

• 60% research income
• 30% student load
• 10% research publications

The funding is competitive and varies each year according to the performance of all the higher education providers in Australia.

For details on how the IGS is calculated for QUT please see the QCR website.

Research Training Scheme (RTS)

RTS Funding is distributed by DEEWR each year to those eligible higher education providers in Australia who have submitted data for the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) and Higher Education Student Collection. It is based on a formula using data from the Collections, averaged over the past two years:

• 50% research higher degree completions
• 40% research income
• 10% research publication

The funding is competitive and varies each year according to the performance of all the higher education providers in Australia.

For details on how the RTS is calculated for QUT please see the QCR website.