The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research uses the research income and publications returns, as well as the Higher Education Student Data Collection, to determine higher education providers (HEPs) grants for the following schemes:
Income from other grants and for other research purposes is also taken into account, but is given a lower weighting.
Additional details about the qualifying criteria for inclusion in the Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) and the list of eligible programs [PDF; 40 MB] are provided on the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research website.