Resourcing the University’s Research Mission Robyn Owens With 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 investment RTS $573.9M IGS $302.0M RIBG $203.9M APAs $ 95.3M IPRSs $ 18.3M For comparison: CSIRO$607.2M ARC$585.2M Data from DEST

2005 enrolments DoctMastTotal%All USyd %45630 UNSW %39183 UMelb %41827 Mon %54950 UQ %37177 UWA %17082 Adel %18943 ANU %14,317

2005 DoctMastTotal%All Curtin %38506 ECU %23585 Murd %13201 UND %4787 UWA %17082

UWA budget 07 Income (general purpose)$290.9M Domestic coursework90.1 HECS+66.1 RTS30.5 IGS16.9 RIBG14.6 International student fees36.6 (4.2 HDR ) Other ( investment, student fees, etc ) 35.2 Income (specific purpose)$282.3M TOTAL$573.2M

Our share TotalUWA% share RTS$573.9M$30.5M5.3% IGS$302.0M$16.9M5.6% RIBG$203.9M$14.6M7.2%

General Purpose distribution 07 Teaching and Research $150.9M73% Academic Services (Library, CentralAdmin) $55.8M27% Total$206.7M100%

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 EFTSL Student load weighted by course type and discipline – there are 6 different FOE weights FoE weights: 1.00 Business – 2.50 Medicine Assuming standard 48pt year: 100 Business students in 1 unit = $55, 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 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 funds Publication $Completion $Total $ 2007 $ $4, $4, $4,263$1,584 $5, $4,263$3,168 $7, $3,168$9,490$12, $1,584$9,490$11, $9,490 Total4.000$17,052$9,504$28,470$55,026

High cost EFTSL Counted $ per EFTSL funds Publication $Completion $Total $ 2007 $ $8,526 $8, $8, $8,526$1,584 $10, $8,526$3,168 $11, $3,168$18,980$22, $1,584$18,980$20, $18,980 Total4.000$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, 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

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