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that which the student would have received under the Research Training Scheme.

     (2)                    Overseas students supported or offered support under the former International Postgraduate Research Scholarships must be offered RTP Fee Offset and RTP Allowance support for a period necessary to provide at least equivalent support to that which the student would have received under the International Postgraduate Research Scholarships.

     (3)                    Students supported or offered support under the former Australian Postgraduate Awards must be offered RTP Stipend and RTP Allowance support for a period necessary to provide at least equivalent support to that which the student would have received under the Australian Postgraduate Awards.

Periods of support specified in paragraph 1.6.5 apply for continuing students based on course of study commencement dates (not the commencement of the RTP Scholarship).

1.6.55  Acknowledgement of RTP Scholarship

A HEP must ensure that the Commonwealth's contribution is acknowledged when, at any time during or after completion of a HDR, the recipient of a RTP Scholarship, his/her supervisor or any other party, publishes or produces material such as books, articles, newsletters or other literary or artistic works which relate to the research project carried out by the recipient of RTP Scholarship.

A HEP must ensure that the Commonwealth's contribution is acknowledged in a prominent place and in an appropriate form. The acknowledgement must include the mention of the student's support through an "Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship".

1.6.60  Items to be reported

A HEP must report to the department the items specified in column 1 ('Item') of the table, in accordance with the specification in column 2 ('Specification'), in each Grant Year. Each Item must be provided by the date specified in column 3 of the table ('Due Date').

Item                                                                                                                                                Specification                     Due Date
HERDC data                                                                                                                                          HERDC Specifications              30 June
HERDC Audit Certificate
HERDC Vice-Chancellor's Certification Statement
The latest set of information provided to the ABS about higher education research and development expenditure that the ABS has returned to the HEP  In the form provided by the ABS   Within 30 days of the ABS returning the information to the HEP

1.6.65  Items reported elsewhere

In addition to the Items in paragraph 1.6.60, the department will take into account information otherwise provided to the Commonwealth by the HEP in the Items in column 1 below, which must have been prepared in accordance with the Specifications referred to column 2, as part of RTP grant amount calculations and in undertaking compliance and monitoring activities in relation to the RTP.

Item                                                                          Specifications
Acquittal of Australian Government financial assistance or RTP rollover data  Financial Statement Guidelines for Australian HEPs
HESDC data                                                                    Higher Education Data Requirements and Change Control document

1.7  High-Cost and Low-Cost Fields of Education

The high-cost and