On Friday 6 June 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, and Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, opened the 2009 HEEF Funding Round. For further information, please see the Ministers' Media Release.
Inviting Applications Media Release
On Wednesday, 22 October 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, and Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, issued a joint media release inviting 14 institutions to bring proposals forward to the second stage of the 2009 funding round. For further information, please see the Ministers' Media Release.
Applications Open
The application stage is now open. Please the Funding Round 
page for more information.
Expressions of Interest Media Release
On Friday, 22 August 2008, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, and Senator Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, issued a joint media release following the close of the 2009 Funding Round EoI stage.
Expressions of Interest Summaries
Expressions of Interest Closed
The Expressions of Interest (EoI) stage of the HEEF funding round has now closed. Eligible institutions were required to send their completed EoI forms to the department by 5:00pm (AEST), Thursday 14 August 2008. Expressions of Interest will now be assessed by the HEEF Advisory Board, with recommendations to the Ministers expected to be made in November 2008.
For more information on the Expressions of Interest stage of the HEEF funding round, please see the Funding Round page.
Receipt of Expressions of Interest
EoIs will not be acknowledged on receipt. All eligible institutions will be sent an email (to the Vice-Chancellor or their nominated contact officer) within three (3) working days of close, detailing the EoI(s) received by the department from their institution.
Vice-Chancellors or their nominated contact officers should advise, by reply email, of any errors or omissions. If no reply is received by 5:00pm AEST, Thursday 21 August 2008, the department will assume that the details of the EoIs outlined in the email are correct.
Questions and Answers (Last updated 30 October 2008)
Institutions can submit questions via email to heef@deewr.gov.au.
Please note that the answers to all questions will be made publicly available on this website. The department and the Advisory Board will not be answering questions verbally nor those sent to any other email address.
A list of the previously asked questions and the answers are available on the Question and Answer page. This page was last updated on 30 October 2008.
Further information on the funding round can also be found on the Funding Round page.
Funding Round - Application and Assessment Procedures
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