Higher Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) 2009 Expressions of Interest Summaries
[From the DEEWR website]
The Higher Education Endowment Fund will provide funding to Australian higher education institutions for capital expenditure and research facilities. From 2009, the HEEF program will become part of the Education Investment Fund (EIF) announced in the 2008-09 Budget.
More information on the EIF can be found on the EIF page.
2009 Funding Round
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.
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 summaries are now available for viewing on the 2009 Funding Round Summaries page.
Timeline
An indicative timeline of the HEEF funding program is outlined below.
| Date | Activity |
| 6 June 2008 | EoIs open. |
| 14 August 2008 | EoIs close. |
| 14 August - November 2008 | EoI assessment period. |
| Late November - early December 2008 |
Ministers to approve short-listed EoIs. Issue of invitations to successful institutions. |
| December 2008 - late March 2009 |
Application period open. |
| Late March 2009 | Applications close. |
| Late March - late June 2009 | Application assessment period; to include interviews and/or site visits. |
| July 2009 | Successful HEEF projects announced. |