Primary industry schemes
A wide variety of grant schemes and funding initiatives are available to support research in Primary Industries.
On this page:
- Rural development corporations
- Government department opportunities
- Other schemes
- Service cost recovery charge
Key schemes
Rural development corporations
Australian Livestock Export Corporation
Australian Meat Processor Corporation
Australian Wool Innovation Limited
Cotton Research and Development Corporation
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Forest and Wood Products Australia
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Horticulture Innovation Australia
Meat & Livestock Australia Limited
Commonwealth and state departments
Advance Queensland - Biofutures Commercialisation Program
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Agricultural Trade and Market Access Cooperation Program
Australia-China Agricultural Cooperation Agreement (ACACA) Program
Rural Research and Development for Profit
Other corporations
Australian Coal Industry's Research Program (ACARP)
Service Cost Recovery
In accordance with the recently updated UQ Costing and Pricing Procedure (PPL4.10.02 (3.2.1)), when costing proposals for funding from Rural Research Development Corporations, if full overheads cannot be charged then a Service Cost Recovery (SCR) charge must be added as a direct cost. The SCR recognises the minimum essential resources needed to execute a research project at UQ. These costs include access to research infrastructure and key services such as regulatory, commercial and risk management services required to execute research projects.
The appropriate SCR can be calculated by selecting the relevant services in the UQ Costing and Pricing Tool. The difference between the SCR rate and the full overhead rate of 50% should be added as a UQ in-kind contribution.
When justifying the SCR in proposals, applicants should use the following standard text:
Service Cost Recovery Charge:
The Service Cost Recovery (SCR) charge represents the direct costs of the minimum essential resources required to execute this research proposal at UQ and is a reduction on the indirect costs rates of UQ. The SCR includes essential services such as access to research infrastructure, regulatory, commercial and risk management services required to execute research projects., [insert if needed: RHD training support, ethics and communications].
All other indirect costs such as utilities, lab space and general administration (approximately 19%) are presented as an in-kind contribution in this proposal.