Higher Education Support Act 2003 Declaration of List of Other Grants (Research) under Division 41 for 2012 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Higher Education Support Act 2003

Declaration of List of Other Grants (Research) under Division 41 for 2012

List prepared pursuant to section 41-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003

I, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, pursuant to section 41-50 of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (‘the Act’), approve the attached list of the maximum amounts of all Other Grants (Research) which may be paid in 2012 for each purpose of grant specified under items 7, 8, 10 and 11(b) in the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act.

Dated this               8th               day of               December               2011

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KIM CARR

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Senator the Hon Kim Carr

Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

LIST PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 41-50 OF THE

HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT ACT 2003 (‘THE ACT’) OF THE

MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF OTHER GRANTS (RESEARCH)

WHICH MAY BE PAID IN 2012

FOR EACH PURPOSE OF GRANT SPECIFIED IN ITEMS 7, 8, 10 AND 11(b)

OF THE TABLE IN SECTION 41-10(1) OF THE ACT*

ITEM	PURPOSE OF GRANT	MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 2012
ITEM 7	TO SUPPORT RESEARCH BY, AND THE RESEARCH CAPABILITY OF, HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (1)	$730,806,000
			ITEM 8	TO SUPPORT THE TRAINING OF RESEARCH STUDENTS (2)	$643,542,000
ITEM 10	TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE USED BY HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDERS (3)	$0
ITEM 11 (b)	FOR ACTIVITIES THAT: FOSTER AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF, OR PROMOTE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP IN, SCIENCE, SOCIAL SCIENCE OR THE HUMANITIES IN AUSTRALIA (4)	$4,500,000
TOTAL	$1,378,848,000

Notes:

* The other items in the table in section 41-10(1) of the Act are administered by the Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

The relevant grant programs or institutions corresponding with the items set out in this list are:

(1)     Research Infrastructure Block Grants, Joint Research Engagement and Sustainable Research Excellence;

(2)     Research Training Scheme and the Commercialisation Training Scheme;

(3)     Australian Scheme for Higher Education Repositories and the Implementation Assistance Program;

(4)     Australian Centre for Child Protection;

Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science;

Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences;

Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies Incorporated, operating as Science and Technology Australia;

The Learned Academies as follows:

·     Australian Academy of the Humanities

·     Australian Academy of Science

·     Australian Academy of Technological Science and Engineering Limited

·     Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Incorporated

·     Australian Council of Learned Academies