Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations funds, in whole or in part, the following programmes, projects and initiatives relating to higher education.
Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
Australian Postgraduate Awards Scheme
Australian University Quality Agency
Business-Industry-Higher Education Collaboration Council
Capital Development Pool
Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Collaboration and Structural Reform Fund
Commonwealth Grant Scheme
Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund
Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements
Commonwealth Learning Scholarship Programme
Commonwealth Scholarships
Commonwealth Education Cost Scholarships
Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships
Indigenous Staff Scholarships
International Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme
Framework for open learning
Graduate Skills Assessment
Higher Education Disability Support Program
Additional Support for Students with Disabilities
Regional Disability Liaison Officers
Disability Performance Funding
Higher Education Equity Support Programme
Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) 
HECS-HELP
FEE-HELP
OS-HELP
Indigenous Higher Education Advisory Council
Indigenous Support Programme
Institutional Grants Scheme
Learning and Teaching Performance Fund
Learned Academies
National centre of excellence for Islamic studies
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy
National Governance Protocols
Regional Protection Scheme
Research Infrastructure Block Grants
Research Quality Framework
Research Training Scheme
Student Learning Entitlement
Superannuation Programme
Systemic Infrastructure Initiative
Voluntary Student Unionism Transition Fund for Sporting and Recreational Facilities
Workplace Productivity Programme