The Hon Julie Bishop MP

The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, today announced the allocation of over $23 million in grants for Australian universities to assist them with the implementation of the Research Quality Framework (RQF).

“The RQF is an Australian Government initiative to formulate a world’s best practice framework for evaluating the quality and impact of research conducted in our universities. It will ensure public funding is invested in research that delivers real benefits to the wider community,” Minister Bishop said.

In December last year, the Australian Government announced it would provide funding for two programmes to support universities in their preparations for the RQF.

These were:

For 2007 and 2008 the grants under the ASHER programme total more than $15 million and grants under the IAP total more than $8 million.

The full lists of grants allocated to universities under these programmes for 2007 and 2008 are attached.

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State		IAP 2007	ASHER 2007	TOTALS
NSW	Charles Sturt University	$45,889	$142,071	$187,960
	Macquarie University	$67,603	$126,812	$194,415
	Southern Cross University	$33,008	$84,738	$117,746
	The University of New England	$46,322	$100,931	$147,253
	The University of New South Wales	$132,657	$164,262	$296,919
	The University of Newcastle	$61,476	$119,361	$180,837
	The University of Sydney	$150,740	$186,254	$336,994
	University of Technology, Sydney	$62,625	$120,758	$183,383
	University of Western Sydney	$60,283	$159,577	$219,860
	University of Wollongong	$70,122	$129,876	$199,998
VIC	Deakin University	$66,210	$166,785	$232,995
	La Trobe University	$61,735	$119,675	$181,410
	Melbourne College of Divinity	$26,275	$118,217	$144,492
	Monash University	$145,490	$179,869	$325,359
	RMIT University	$68,732	$169,852	$238,584
	Swinburne University of Technology	$45,054	$99,389	$144,443
	The University of Melbourne	$161,553	$241,071	$402,624
	University of Ballarat	$32,944	$126,328	$159,272
	Victoria University	$47,141	$101,927	$149,068
QLD	Bond University	$29,265	$80,188	$109,453
	Central Queensland University	$37,843	$132,286	$170,129
	Griffith University	$71,277	$131,280	$202,557
	James Cook University	$49,416	$104,694	$154,110
	Queensland University of Technology	$72,694	$133,004	$205,698
	The University of Queensland	$149,720	$185,014	$334,734
	University of Southern Queensland	$36,476	$88,957	$125,433
	University of the Sunshine Coast	$28,171	$78,856	$107,027
WA	Curtin University of Technology	$60,598	$118,293	$178,891
	Edith Cowan University	$44,108	$98,238	$142,346
	Murdoch University	$42,894	$138,429	$181,323
	The University of Notre Dame Australia	$28,863	$121,365	$150,228
	The University of Western Australia	$84,848	$147,785	$232,633
SA	The Flinders University of South Australia	$50,335	$105,811	$156,146
	The University of Adelaide	$82,484	$144,910	$227,394
	University of South Australia	$58,804	$116,112	$174,916
TAS	Australian Maritime College	$25,590	$117,385	$142,975
	University of Tasmania	$52,292	$108,192	$160,484
NT	Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education	$25,556	$117,343	$142,899
	Charles Darwin University	$31,825	$124,968	$156,793
ACT	The Australian National University	$126,652	$156,959	$283,611
	University of Canberra	$35,861	$129,876	$165,737
Multistate	Australian Catholic University	$34,569	$128,305	$162,874
	TOTALS	$2,646,000	$5,466,000	$8,112,000


State		IAP 2008	ASHER 2008	TOTALS
NSW	Charles Sturt University	$93,166	$274,785	$367,951
	Macquarie University	$138,035	$234,538	$372,573
	Southern Cross University	$66,547	$165,890	$232,437
	The University of New England	$94,059	$192,309	$286,368
	The University of New South Wales	$272,465	$280,295	$552,760
	The University of Newcastle	$125,375	$222,381	$347,756
	The University of Sydney	$309,831	$316,177	$626,008
	University of Technology, Sydney	$127,748	$224,660	$352,408
	University of Western Sydney	$122,910	$303,347	$426,257
	University of Wollongong	$143,241	$239,537	$382,778
VIC	Deakin University	$135,157	$315,108	$450,265
	La Trobe University	$125,909	$222,894	$348,803
	Melbourne College of Divinity	$52,634	$235,863	$288,497
	Monash University	$298,982	$305,758	$604,740
	RMIT University	$140,369	$320,112	$460,481
	Swinburne University of Technology	$91,439	$189,793	$281,232
	The University of Melbourne	$332,175	$420,967	$753,142
	University of Ballarat	$66,415	$249,096	$315,511
	Victoria University	$95,752	$193,935	$289,687
QLD	Bond University	$58,814	$158,464	$217,278
	Central Queensland University	$76,539	$258,818	$335,357
	Griffith University	$145,627	$241,828	$387,455
	James Cook University	$100,453	$198,449	$298,902
	Queensland University of Technology	$148,555	$244,641	$393,196
	The University of Queensland	$307,724	$314,154	$621,878
	University of Southern Queensland	$73,714	$172,772	$246,486
	University of the Sunshine Coast	$56,552	$156,292	$212,844
WA	Curtin University of Technology	$123,560	$220,638	$344,198
	Edith Cowan University	$89,484	$187,916	$277,400
	Murdoch University	$86,977	$268,842	$355,819
	The University of Notre Dame Australia	$57,982	$240,999	$298,981
	The University of Western Australia	$173,671	$268,758	$442,429
SA	The Flinders University of South Australia	$102,352	$200,273	$302,625
	The University of Adelaide	$168,786	$264,068	$432,854
	University of South Australia	$119,854	$217,079	$336,933
TAS	Australian Maritime College	$51,220	$234,505	$285,725
	University of Tasmania	$106,397	$204,157	$310,554
NT	Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education	$51,149	$234,437	$285,586
	Charles Darwin University	$64,104	$246,877	$310,981
ACT	The Australian National University	$260,056	$268,379	$528,435
	University of Canberra	$72,444	$254,886	$327,330
Multistate	Australian Catholic University	$69,774	$252,322	$322,096
	TOTALS	$5,398,000	$10,217,000	$15,615,000

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Grants to support RQF implementation