The Australian Competitive Grants Register (ACGR) was a centralised register that listed
funding schemes that were approved by the
Australian Government
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster-style systems of government, the Australian Government i ...
as being "competitive research grants" to
Australian higher education providers. The ACGR was released for the last time in 2018 and is no longer updated as it has been replaced by a mechanism that allows universities to self-assess their research income.
Self-Assessed Australian Competitive Grant Income
Australian Department of Education and Training. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
Funding bodies
The register has included schemes from the following funding bodies
Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm use ...
and organisations since 2008:
The register before 2008 included schemes from the following funding bodies:
* Australian Dental Research Foundation
* Australian Greenhouse Office
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* NICTA
NICTA (formerly named National ICT Australia Ltd) was Australia's Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence and is now known as CSIRO's Data61. The term "Centre of Excellence" is common marketing terminology u ...
See also
* Backing Australia's Ability
Backing Australia's Ability (BAA) was a five-year innovation plan launched by the Howard Government in January 2001.
Previous policy
Previous policies for this group of portfolios under the Howard Government were:
* ''Investing for Growth'', De ...
* List of Australian Commonwealth Government entities
References
External links
* {{official, https://web.archive.org/web/20130328033530/http://www.innovation.gov.au/Research/ResearchBlockGrants/Pages/AustralianCompetitiveGrantsRegister.aspx
Research in Australia
Funding bodies of Australia