Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC)

HERDC is the annual collection of statistics from Australian universities about research output and income. It is currently collected by the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

For more details about the HERDC process and how researchers can assist the University in maximising its research income, please visit the guide to HERDC research income.

To view the output of this data collection, you can download the relevant spreadsheets from the Strategy and Planning website.

The statistics are used by the government to allocate funding under the following schemes:

• Institutional Grants Scheme (IGS)
  
• Research Training Scheme (RTS)
  
• Research Infrastructure Block Grants Scheme (RIBG)
  
• Australian Postgraduate Awards
  
• Commercialisation Training Scheme (2007 onwards)
  
• International Postgraduate Research Scholarships Scheme
  

The collection only accepts publications of the following types:

• Book (A1)
  
• Book chapter (B1)
  
• Journal article (C1)
  
• Conference publication (E1)
  

Income is collected where it fits within the definitions provided for four groups:

• Australian Competitive Grants
  
• Other Public Sector Research Income
  
• Industry and Other Research Income
  
• Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Research Income