Annual Report 2015–2016

OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE
Through NHMRC Portfolio Budget Statement Program 1.1, the Australian Government invests in health and
medical research that is undertaken within a well-established ethical framework, to address national health
priorities and improve the health of all Australians.
The Program objectives for NHMRC are to:
• support high quality health and medical research
• boost dementia research
• facilitate simplified and consistent health and medical research
• support the translation of health and medical research
• promote the highest ethical standards in health and medical research.
The agency Portfolio Budget Statement 2015–16 outlines the NHMRC budgeted expenses and resources as
shown in the table below.
Table 2
Portfolio Budget Statement – NHMRC expenses and resources
Expenses for Outcome 1
Outcome 1: Improved health and medical knowledge,
including through funding research, translating research
findings into evidence-based clinical practice, administering
legislation governing research, issuing guidelines and advice for
ethics in health and the promotion of public health.
Budget*
2015–16
$’000
(a)
Actual
Expenses
2015–16
$’000
(b)
Variation
2015–16
$’000
(a)-(b)
Programme 1.1: Health and Medical Research
Administered expenses
Ordinary Annual Services (Appropriation Act No. 1) 840,583 840,583 -
To the Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) (859,026) (836,043) (22,983)
Special accounts
Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) 845,780 815,215 30,565
Departmental expenses
Departmental appropriation 1 40,255 39,123 1,132
Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year 2 2,300 2,347 (47)
Total for Programme 1.1 869,892 861,225 8,667
Total expenses for Outcome 1 - - -
PART 2 Performance Report
2014-15 2015–16
Average Staffing Level (number) 197 187 10
* Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2015–16
1 Departmental Appropriation combines Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1, 3 and 5) and Retained Revenue
Receipts under section 74 of the PGPA Act 2013.
2 Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year is made up of depreciation expense, amortisation expense,
makegood expense and audit fees.
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