Definitions: Research Data Collection - Research Income

Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants

Since 2018 Australian universities have been required to self-assess schemes for classification as Category 1 funding. This is in place of the previous Australian Competitive Grants Register which is no longer being maintained.

Potential Category 1 funding schemes are assessed against a decision tree provided as part of the Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) specifications.

Contact the UniSA Research Office for advice regarding the UniSA self-assessment process and to nominate a funding scheme for classification as Category 1 funding.

Category 2: Other Public Sector R&D Income

Category 2 includes:

any other research income received from the Australian Government that is not eligible for inclusion as Category 1 research income
research income from Australian Government business enterprises
research income (including contract research) from both state and local governments
research income from state government business enterprises
research income from partly government owned or funded bodies
research income from CRCs in which the University was not a core participant or participant (i.e. was not a signatory to the Commonwealth Agreement during the reporting period).

Category 2 is broken down into the following sub-categories:

Commonwealth Government (own purpose)
Commonwealth Government (other)
State/Territory/Local Government (own purpose)
State/Territory/Local Government (other)

Category 3: Industry and Other R&D Income

Category 3 consists of R&D income received from the private sector, philanthropic and international sources.

Category 3 is broken down in the following sub-categories:

3.1 Australian

3.1.1 Australian private sector

3.1.1.1 Australian for-profit organisations

3.1.1.2 Australian not-for-profit organisations

3.1.2 Australian philanthropy

3.2 International

3.2.1 International private sector

3.2.1.1 International for-profit organisations

3.2.1.2 International not-for-profit organisations

3.2.2 International philanthropy

3.2.3 International government

3.2.3.1 International government (own purpose)

3.2.3.2 International government (other)

Category 4: Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) R&D Income

Under Category 4: CRC Research Income, universities must report the research income received from a CRC in which they are defined within the Commonwealth Agreement as a "Participant", and are a signatory to the CRC's Commonwealth Agreement or Participants Agreement.