Commitment to partnerships and knowledge sharing 

To achieve our mission, TTPI is committed to working with governments, academics, business and the community. This includes partnering and sharing knowledge with: 

• Australian Federal, state and local governments to deliver the best evidence to support policymakers on taxes and transfers including intergovernmental fiscal challenges 

• National and international academic centres and scholars specialising in taxes and transfers to undertake and support excellent research that provides new knowledge and relevant policy initiatives on tax and transfers 

• Community, business and industry sectors, to learn of real-life challenges and to provide research support to best practice tax and transfer reform 

• The Australian public and media to inform and enhance public debate on tax and transfer reform. 

TTPI Secondments 

Through TTPI's partnerships with government departments, participants are selected through a competitive process to spend time at TTPI to carry out a research project designed in close collaboration with their sponsoring government agency. Further information is available here. 

TTPI Public Finance and Public Policy Scholarship 

The Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) is in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. TTPI is an independent, university-based think tank which aims to lead the debate on tax and transfer policy in Australia. Our research focuses on the empirical analysis and evaluation of tax and transfer policies to inform public knowledge and debate. We are committed to engage with governments, other academic scholars and institutions, businesses and the wider community. 

The objective of this award is to provide support to an honours student with research interests in the legal and economic aspects of taxation and public economics and its application to public policy. Funding for this award has been provided by the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute through its educational outreach program. 

More details and ‘how to apply’ is available here. The ‘conditions of award’ is available here. 

TTPI Charter 

This Charter sets out the role that TTPI staff, TTPI Research Affiliates and TTPI Fellows play in the achievement of the Institute's mission.

TTPI Advisory Committee 

The TTPI advisory committee meets biannually. Its members include delegates from a range of Australian Government bodies, The Australian National University and external representatives.