Annual Report 2015–2016
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NHMRC’s Corporate Plan <strong>2015–2016</strong> sets out the agency’s purposes, planned activities and performance for<br />
the period 2015–16 to 2018–19, and addresses capability, environment and risk oversight and management<br />
as required by the PGPA Act.<br />
NHMRC’s annual performance statements are prepared in accordance with the PGPA Act and are measured<br />
against the targets set out in the Corporate Plan.<br />
The scope and reach of NHMRC’s activities are broad, with the agency spanning a wide range of health<br />
topics in the various aspects of its work – from funding research to guideline development and advice.<br />
The overall purposes of NHMRC, supporting the agency’s mission of ‘working to build a healthy Australia’,<br />
can be summarised as follows.<br />
PART 2 Performance <strong>Report</strong><br />
• Investment to fund high quality health and medical research and build research capability<br />
• Translation to support the translation of health and medical research into better health outcomes<br />
• Integrity to promote the highest ethical standards in health and medical research.<br />
Figure 3 NHMRC strategy for health and medical research<br />
WORKING TO BUILD A HEALTHY AUSTRALIA<br />
LEAD SUPPORT ENGAGE RESPOND<br />
Investment<br />
Create knowledge and build research capability<br />
by supporting the highest quality health and<br />
medical research and the best researchers<br />
Translation<br />
Support the translation of health and medical research<br />
into clinical practice, policy and health systems and the<br />
effective commercialisation of research discoveries<br />
Strategic priorities<br />
Key activities<br />
Integrity<br />
Maintain a strong integrity framework for research and guideline<br />
development, underpinning rigorous research and relevant and<br />
accurate guidelines and promoting community trust<br />
Healthier Australians<br />
Better clinical care<br />
Improved health care system<br />
Economic benefit through innovation and improved productivity<br />
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> of the National Health and Medical Research Council <strong>2015–2016</strong>