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i.v INTERPRETATION

i.v.i Unless the contrary intention appears, the terms used within the Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2017 have the same meaning as in the Act.

i.v.ii The following terms are defined specifically for these Guidelines:

ABS means the Australian Bureau of Statistics

the Act means the Higher Education Support Act 2003

AQF means the Australian Qualifications Framework Second Edition January 2013

ASCED means the Australian Standard Classification of Education - 1272.0 - 2001 specified by the ABS

Australian ADI has the same meaning as defined in the Corporations Act 2001

Category 1 is Australian competitive grants R&D income in HERDC

Category 2 is other public sector R&D income in HERDC

Category 3 is industry and other R&D income in HERDC

Category 4 is Cooperative Research Centre R&D income in HERDC

continuing student means either:

a student whose period of support under the Research Training Scheme, International Postgraduate Research Scholarships or Australian Postgraduate Awards would terminate on or after 1 January 2017

or

a student who has received an offer of support by a HEP under the Research Training Scheme, International Postgraduate Research Scholarships or Australian Postgraduate Awards, and accepted this offer of support, and whose offer of support was scheduled to commence on or after 1 January 2017

course of study means an accredited HDR course leading to a Research Doctorate or a Research Masters

the department means the Commonwealth department responsible for administering the Act

domestic student has the same meaning as defined in the Act

eligible research internship means a research internship which fulfils the requirements set out at paragraph 1.4.13.

FOE means a Field of Education code specified in the ASCED

Full-time student load in respect of a course of study, is at least 75 per cent of an equivalent full-time student load in the period for which RTP Scholarship support is received

Funding Pool is the total amount of funding available to the department for a given Grant Year for the RTP

Grant Year means the year in respect of which the grant is made, and of which the department has notified the relevant HEP

Guidelines means these Commonwealth Scholarships Guidelines (Research) 2017

HDR means a higher degree by research which is a Research Doctorate or Research Masters course for which at least two-thirds of the student load for the course is required as research work