Annual Report 2015–2016

RESULTS SUMMARY
This snapshot outlines NHMRC’s performance against targets outlined in the Corporate Plan and the
Portfolio Budget Statements for 2015–16.
INVESTMENT
Goal 1: Support high quality health and medical research
PART 2 Performance Report
Target 1
Target 2
Allocate 50 per cent of total Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) funding annually to
NHMRC’s Project Grant scheme
Report annually on funding by broad research area, National Health Priority Areas and Australian
Government priorities
Achieved
Achieved
Target 3 Examine the role of philanthropic funding Work ongoing
Target 4 Run at least one Targeted Call for Research annually Work ongoing
Target 5 Periodic review of established funding schemes Achieved
Target 6 Completed reviews are presented to Research Committee for consideration Achieved
Outcome 1: NHMRC continued to support high quality health and medical research throughout
2015–16.
Goal 2: Support the health and medical research workforce and build researcher capacity
Target 1
Report annually on the proportion of total MREA funding committed to key people support schemes
by research ‘pillar’
Achieved
Target 2 Support the work of NHMRC’s Women in Health Science Committee Work ongoing
Target 3 Report annually on the percentage of women as chief investigators Achieved
Outcome 2: NHMRC continues to meet its commitment to support the health and medical
research workforce.
Goal 3: Boost dementia research
Target 1 Establish a National Institute for Dementia Research Achieved
Target 2 Support the Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research Achieved
Target 3 Work with the Australian Research Council to build dementia research capacity Achieved
Target 4 Support large scale research in priority areas for dementia research Achieved
Outcome 3: The Boosting Dementia Initiative is delivering on its commitment to enhance research
on dementia and to translate the results into policy and practice.
Goal 4: Support collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to solving health problems
Target 1 Promote and review management of multidisciplinary funding proposals Work ongoing
Target 2 Undertake a collaborative, multidisciplinary tropical health research program Work ongoing
Target 3 Develop an international engagement strategy to guide decisions on new collaborations Achieved
Target 4 Finalise collaborative research funding with key international organisations Achieved
Outcome 4: NHMRC supports collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to solving health
problems through a number of different measures.
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Annual Report of the National Health and Medical Research Council 2015–2016