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following additional conditions apply:

     (1)                    A HEP must offer each student selected by the HEP to receive a RTP Stipend a stipend rate at least equal to the base full-time RTP Stipend rate and no more than the maximum full-time RTP Stipend rate as advised by the department according to subparagraph 1.6.10(4).

     (2)                    If a student selected to receive a RTP Stipend is approved by a HEP to undertake a HDR on a part-time student load basis, the student's part-time RTP Stipend rate will be 50 per cent of the student's full-time RTP Stipend rate.

     (3)                    Each year, a HEP must pay each student their full-time or part-time RTP Stipend rate in proportion to the period for which the student has been supported with a RTP Scholarship.

     (4)                    A HEP must make fortnightly payments directly to students in respect of their RTP Stipend. To avoid doubt, payment into an account in the student's name with an Australian ADI is considered to be a payment directly to the student.

     (5)                    HEPs must only award RTP Stipends as a result of a competitive selection process. The nature of a competitive process is to be determined by a HEP.  For example, a HEP may wish to give priority to a class of students such as Indigenous students, low socioeconomic status (SES) students, students undertaking research in a particular discipline or emerging area of research strength, or students undertaking a HDR for the first time. Any competitive selection process conducted must accord with these Guidelines and the fairness requirements in Subdivision 19-D of Part 2-1 of the Act and be detailed in a HEP's RTP Scholarship Policy.

1.6.25  Additional Conditions for RTP Fees Offset

If a RTP Fees Offset is provided as part of a RTP Scholarship specified in subparagraph 1.6.1(1), the following additional conditions apply:

     (1)                    the RTP Fees Offset must only be used by the HEP to extinguish the liability of the student receiving the RTP Scholarship to pay tuition fees.

     (2)                    HEPs may award RTP Fees Offsets to domestic students although the process used must accord with these Guidelines and the fairness requirements in Subdivision 19-D of Part 2-1 of the Act and be detailed in a HEP's RTP Scholarship Policy.

     (3)                    HEPs must only award RTP Fees Offsets to overseas students as a result of a competitive selection process. The nature of a competitive process is to be determined by a HEP although it must accord with these Guidelines and the fairness requirements in Subdivision 19-D of Part 2-1 of the Act, and be detailed in a HEP's RTP Scholarship Policy.

1.6.30  Additional Conditions for Overseas Students

     (1)                    A HEP may only spend up to a maximum of 10 per