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Critical support for Australian university research

Ministers:

The Hon Dan Tehan MP
Minister for Education

The Morrison Government will invest nearly $3 billion in university research block grants next year, including the additional $1 billion for research announced in the Budget.

Minister for Education Dan Tehan today announced the funding allocation to support research student scholarships, academic salaries, laboratories and research equipment.

“Our Government is investing record funding in university research to help find solutions to Australia’s challenges and drive our recovery from COVID-19,” Mr Tehan said.

“Our investment in research will also safeguard thousands of researcher jobs and directly support more than 40,000 Masters and PhD students next year to advance their research studies.

“The record funding being provided to Australian universities will ensure the sustainability of Australia’s important research and the training of the next generation of innovators.

“The Morrison Government is investing more than $13 billion in university research over the next four years.

“We want our universities to get better at turning research into new products and innovations that drive job creation, business opportunities and productivity gains.

"Our Government is investing $5.8 million to design a scheme to accelerate turning research into new opportunities for Australians.

“We are also investing $900 million into an Industry Linkage Fund, created as part of the Job-ready Graduates package, to incentivise university engagement with industry and focus on creating more STEM-skilled and job-ready graduates in areas of industry and community priority.

“Our strong investment in research and development will help ensure Australian researchers can turn ideas into new knowledge that will support our economic recovery and help create employment opportunities.”

For more information on the 2021 research block grants visit https://www.dese.gov.au/research-block-grants.

 

2021 Research Block Grants

Research Support Program
Additional funding ($)

Research Support Program
Base funding ($)

Research Training Program ($)

Total Research Block Grants ($)

NEW SOUTH WALES

 

 

 

 

Charles Sturt University

$3,062,502

$3,197,140

$5,998,377

$12,258,019

Macquarie University

$18,433,741

$16,722,705

$30,649,621

$65,806,067

Southern Cross University

$3,096,071

$2,868,478

$4,119,556

$10,084,105

The University of Sydney

$95,071,088

$87,505,062

$91,932,940

$274,509,090

University of New England

$8,118,438

$7,521,648

$9,083,453

$24,723,539

University of New South Wales

$100,700,551

$91,510,330

$94,094,473

$286,305,354

University of Newcastle

$25,105,156

$23,259,667

$25,840,554

$74,205,377

University of Technology Sydney

$18,037,266

$15,971,641

$20,195,700

$54,204,607

University of Wollongong

$16,614,869

$15,393,504

$24,183,650

$56,192,023

Western Sydney University

$9,162,735

$8,431,390

$12,467,355

$30,061,480

Subtotal

$297,402,417

$272,381,565

$318,565,679

$888,349,661

VICTORIA

 

 

 

 

Deakin University

$16,759,524

$15,133,561

$20,453,803

$52,346,888

Federation University Australia

$1,176,828

$1,403,427

$2,273,753

$4,854,008

La Trobe University

$17,756,594

$16,451,300

$19,474,578

$53,682,472

Monash University

$100,747,103

$90,854,706

$95,438,046

$287,039,855

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

$13,531,969

$12,383,943

$22,010,697

$47,926,609

Swinburne University of Technology

$9,320,362

$8,193,100

$12,706,908

$30,220,370

The University of Melbourne

$111,060,968

$103,451,996

$106,567,473

$321,080,437

University of Divinity

$559,616

$628,120

$819,979

$2,007,715

Victoria University

$3,531,738

$3,772,658

$7,385,382

$14,689,778

Subtotal

$274,444,702

$252,272,811

$287,130,619

$813,848,132

QUEENSLAND

 

 

 

 

Bond University

$931,967

$1,689,825

$1,846,508

$4,468,300

Central Queensland University

$3,065,076

$2,783,839

$3,679,936

$9,528,851

Griffith University

$18,529,402

$17,130,525

$25,290,030

$60,949,957

James Cook University

$9,472,526

$11,060,560

$13,828,618

$34,361,704

Queensland University of Technology

$21,165,050

$20,860,936

$30,830,923

$72,856,909

The University of Queensland

$99,454,102

$91,046,093

$97,299,652

$287,799,847

University of Southern Queensland

$5,069,827

$4,362,280

$6,030,154

$15,462,261

University of the Sunshine Coast

$6,300,606

$5,450,974

$4,597,466

$16,349,046

Subtotal

$163,988,556

$154,385,032

$183,403,287

$501,776,875

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

 

Curtin University

$22,998,212

$21,275,407

$27,825,613

$72,099,232

Edith Cowan University

$3,679,141

$3,720,089

$6,679,652

$14,078,882

Murdoch University

$8,747,707

$7,869,454

$10,245,993

$26,863,154

The University of Notre Dame Australia

$489,017

$640,788

$1,214,149

$2,343,954

The University of Western Australia

$44,855,752

$41,558,387

$46,116,315

$132,530,454

Subtotal

$80,769,829

$75,064,125

$92,081,722

$247,915,676

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

 

 

 

 

Flinders University

$11,977,235

$11,096,783

$15,336,001

$38,410,019

The University of Adelaide

$42,507,540

$39,382,794

$46,850,174

$128,740,508

Torrens University Australia

$219,248

$200,207

$130,750

$550,205

University of South Australia

$18,075,054

$16,746,349

$19,005,283

$53,826,686

Subtotal

$72,779,077

$67,426,133

$81,322,208

$221,527,418

TASMANIA

 

 

 

 

University of Tasmania

$21,660,442

$21,235,130

$25,397,245

$68,292,817

NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

 

Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

$155,968

$139,445

$139,525

$434,938

Charles Darwin University

$11,005,843

$10,300,907

$7,767,772

$29,074,522

Subtotal

$11,161,811

$10,440,352

$7,907,297

$29,509,460

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

 

 

 

 

The Australian National University

$71,611,279

$66,347,105

$59,495,792

$197,454,176

University of Canberra

$4,293,836

$3,894,939

$5,118,833

$13,307,608

Subtotal

$75,905,115

$70,242,044

$64,614,625

$210,761,784

OTHER

 

 

 

 

Australian Catholic University

$1,888,051

$3,042,417

$3,968,870

$8,899,338

Total

$1,000,000,000

$926,489,609

$1,064,391,552

$2,990,881,161