POLICY BRIEF
This policy brief, written by Professor Maria Raciti & Professor Bronwyn Fredericks, addresses sharing research training program funding across universities to strengthen Indigenous HDR supervision and completions. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students demonstrate remarkable resilience in navigating research programs. Yet, their full potential remains unrealised due to systemic barriers, including limited access to appropriate supervision by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics that could elevate completion rates to match their non-Indigenous peers, and drive their academic and scholarly success.
This brief proposes a formal Research Training Program (RTP) funding portability mechanism that enables cross-institutional Indigenous supervision arrangements, transforming the current informal cultural load practices into recognised, funded partnerships that will improve completion rates while building national Indigenous research capability, and success, along with tangible outcomes for communities.
Read the full Policy Brief here.
