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Resourcing the University’s Research Mission
Robyn OwensWith help from Ian Baker, Rob McCormack and
Campbell Thomson
May 2007
Overview
• Outline the Federal support framework to universities for research and research training
• Outline the University budget model
• Summarize the differences and emphasize a systems approach
The National Framework
The Federal Govt funds universities through
• Domestic load• The Research Training Scheme
(RTS)• The Institutional Grants Scheme
(IGS)• Research Infrastructure Block
Grants (RIBG)
RTS Calculation
• In any year, each university’s relative RTS performance index is computed:
• HDR student completions are weighted at 50%;
• Research income is weighted at 40%; and
• Research publications are weighted at 10%.
RTS Calculation
• Completions data are collected through the Higher Education Student Data Collection and are weighted by course level and field of study:– (a) Low cost: high cost completions
are weighted at 1:2.35– (b) Doctorate degrees by research:
Master degrees by research are weighted 2:1.
UWA uses different weights
RTS Calculation
• Research income is collected in four categories under the HERDC:– Category 1: Australian Competitive
Grants Income– Category 2: Other Public Sector Research
Income– Category 3: Industry and Other Research
Income– Category 4: Cooperative Research
Centres Research Income
and is unweighted.
RTS Calculation
• Publications are collected in four categories under the HERDC:– Books;– Book chapters;– Journal articles;– Conference papers,
with books weighted by a factor of 5 and the other three categories weighted by a factor of 1.
UWA collects more and has different weights.
IGS
IGS performance index:• Research income is weighted at
60%;• Student load is weighted at 30%;
and
• Research publications are weighted at 10%
RIBG
• DEST determines each HEP’s RIBG grant amount on the basis of each HEP’s percentage share of Category 1 Australian Competitive Grants Income over the most recent two years for which data are available.
Govt. 2006-07 investment
RTS $573.9MIGS $302.0MRIBG $203.9MAPAs $ 95.3MIPRSs $ 18.3M
For comparison:CSIRO $607.2MARC $585.2M
Data from DEST
2005 enrolments
Doct Mast Total % All
USyd 3025 755 3780 8% 45630
UNSW 2355 590 2945 8% 39183
UMelb 3380 988 4368 10% 41827
Mon 2437 762 3199 6% 54950
UQ 3034 547 3581 10% 37177
UWA 1591 363 1954 11% 17082
Adel 1546 233 1779 9% 18943
ANU 1977 123 2100 15% 14,317
2005
Doct Mast Total % All
Curtin 1414 266 1680 4% 38506
ECU 397 158 555 2% 23585
Murd 693 148 841 6% 13201
UND 36 16 52 1% 4787
UWA 1591 363 1954 11% 17082
UWA budget 07
Income (general purpose) $290.9MDomestic coursework 90.1HECS+ 66.1RTS 30.5IGS 16.9RIBG 14.6International student fees 36.6 (4.2HDR)
Other (investment, student fees, etc) 35.2Income (specific purpose) $282.3MTOTAL $573.2M
Our share
Total UWA % share
RTS $573.9M $30.5M 5.3%
IGS $302.0M $16.9M 5.6%
RIBG $203.9M $14.6M 7.2%
General Purpose distribution 07
Teaching and Research
$150.9M 73%
Academic Services(Library, CentralAdmin)
$55.8M 27%
Total $206.7M 100%
General Purpose Distribution 07
The rest of the general purpose funding goes to
• Discretionary funds $ 9.5M• Capital funds $18.7M• Facilities $35.7M• Community Activities $ 2.4M• Domestic fees $13.0M• Academic Services $ 2.0M• Other $ 2.6M
The T&R budget
• Total = $150.9M• T&R support = $14.9M (mostly central research allocation, undergrad schols etc)
• Available to Faculties = $135.9M
This $135.9M is made up of:• Domestic Coursework = $73.16M = 62.5%• Research & HDR = $43.97M = 37.5%plus• International student fees = $17.83M• Financial assistance = $1M
Teaching
Domestic EFTSLStudent load weighted by course type and discipline – there are 6 different FOE weightsFoE weights: 1.00 Business – 2.50 Medicine
Assuming standard 48pt year:100 Business students in 1 unit = $55,000100 Chemistry students in 1 unit = $110,000
Teaching
• International onshore EFTSL Assume a standard 48 point course and 2007
Business fee of $20,000 with faculty percentage of
fee = 54.4%
100 Business students in 1 unit = $136,000
Assume a standard 48 point course with 2007 fee = $23,500 and faculty percentage = 53.4% because Science students pay a larger capital component than Business students
100 Chemistry students in 1 unit = $156,900
R&RT budget ($43.97M)
• Input:Output is divided 50:50• Input ($21.98M) is based on
– Research Income (60%) and – HDR load (40%)
• Output ($21.98M) is based on – HDR Completions (58.431%), – Publications (38.954%), – Staff Distinction (2.615%)
HDR load
• At UWA from 2007 we have Low (1) and High (2) cost discipline areas
• Low = Business, Law, Education, Humanities, Social Sciences, Maths, Computing, Music, Languages etc
• High = Engineering, Science, Behavioural Science, Agriculture, Medicine, Dentistry, Human Movement
$ per EFTSL in 2007
• 4 years PhD, 2 years Masters
• Low = $4,263
• High = $8,526
Completions in 2007
• $ per annum over 3 years• PhD
– High = $18,980– Low = $9,490
• Masters– High = $9,490– Low = $4,745
Publications
• $ per WOU per annum over 3 years = $1,584
Grants
• Value of $100,000 Category 1 grant to the Faculties is $15,400 per annum over 2 years
Example
• For a student who commences a PhD in 2007, who finishes after exactly 4 years, and who publishes 2 single-authored journal papers in that time, funding would flow to the Faculty as follows (assume static dollars throughout):
Low cost EFTSL
Counted$ per EFTSL
fundsPublication $ Completion $ Total $
2007 $0
2008 1.000 $4,263 $4,263
2009 1.000 $4,263 $4,263
2010 1.000 $4,263 $1,584 $5,847
2011 1.000 $4,263 $3,168 $7,431
2012 $3,168 $9,490 $12,658
2013 $1,584 $9,490 $11,074
2014 $9,490 $9,490
Total 4.000 $17,052 $9,504 $28,470 $55,026
High costEFTSL
Counted$ per
EFTSL funds
Publication $ Completion $ Total $
2007 $0
2008 1.000 $8,526 $8,526
2009 1.000 $8,526 $8,526
2010 1.000 $8,526 $1,584 $10,110
2011 1.000 $8,526 $3,168 $11,694
2012 $3,168 $18,980 $22,148
2013 $1,584 $18,980 $20,564
2014 $18,980 $18,980
Total 4.000 $34,104 $9,504 $56,940 $100,548
In summary
Income is generated by
• Domestic teaching
• International teaching
• Research supervision
• Thesis completions
• Publication, and
• Grant winning
In summary
UWA distributes income in different proportions from the way it is generated.
• More for publications• More for HDR load and
completion• More for International HDR• Less for grant winning
In summary
• On average, academic activity needs to generate about twice the academic salary level to run the University.
Example
100 domestic H $110,000
100 domestic H $110,000
1 HDR load $ 8,500
1 HDR completion $ 18,980
2 publications $ 3,168
$100k grant $ 15,400
TOTAL $270,000
Questions?