Scheme	Sponsor	Approx. Annual Budget/ Cost ($A mil.)	Commenced	Evaluation/Comments
ARC Collaborative Grants	ARC	16	1991	Government committed to an increase of $30 million over 3 years (DEETYA, 1996b)
Australian Postgraduate Awards (Industry)	ARC	8	1990	Increased funding committed by Government (DEETYA, 1996b)
Australian Research Fellowships (Industry)	ARC	0.3	1990	Subsumed in ARC Fellowships Scheme
Key Centres of Teaching and Research (KCTR)	ARC	6	1985	ARC, 1992 (Lazenby Report):
Special Research Centres	ARC	13	1982 (as 'Centres of Excellence')	ARC, 1992 (Lazenby Report): Many have industry links.
Advanced Engineering Centres Program	DEETYA	1.6	1993	1995
Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program	Dept.Industry Science & Tourism	127	1990	DIST, 1995 (Myers Report): Recommended that the CRC Program continue as a key element in Government policy. 'The CRCs have made a substantial contribution to increasing the linkages between researchers, industry and other research users and... these linkages provide a substantial base for increasing the uptake of research and capturing the benefits of this research over the next decade and beyond.' 'The CRC process is dealing effectively with the substantial challenges in developing links between researchers, industry and other research users'. 'Has had a beneficial impact on industry and has gathered strong support and commitment.' 'The program has encouraged industry to become involved with longer term research, has improved researchers linkages and cooperation and has focussed education'.
Primary Industries R&D Corporations and Councils	Dept. Primary Industries & Energy	135	1989 and later (in current form)	IC, 1995: 'favourable'.
Competitive Grants for Industry R&D (CGRD)	IR&D Board	40	mid-1980s as GIRD (Discretionaryand Generic Technology) grants	IC, 1995: 'may have yielded net benefits in the past, but some administrative drawbacks'. Recommended generally available non-taxable grants be introduced instead of competitive grants for tax-loss companies, and that Competitive grants be retained for projects involving collaboration with research institutions (including universities) or where multiple companies involved. Generic grants supported precursors of some CRCs.
National Teaching Company Scheme	IR&D Board	1.0	mid-1980s	BIE, 1991:
Syndicated research funding	IR&D Board	150	1987	BIE, 1994: 'Significant net social benefits', some potential problems need to be addressed. 'Ability of syndication to facilitate networks for commercialisation ... less significant'. Program closed to new syndicates from July 1996. Government considering a new program of grants and loans in replacement.
Tax Concession for industry R&D	IR&D Board	530	1985-86	BIE, 1993: Recommended retention, but also recommended an evaluation of 'the many programs which seek to enhance linkages between industry and the public research sector'; IC, 1995: Concluded 'net benefits to the Australian economy'.

Updated and expanded after Industry Commission 1995, p 41; and Department of Industry, Science and Technology 1995, Table 3.1

Note: As at 31 July 1996.