Annual Report 2015–2016

Table 11
People support outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research
Grant Type
ATSI Research
Commitment
Number of
Grants
Postgraduate Scholarships $337,589 3
Early Career Fellowships $2,697,081 9
Career Development Fellowships $1,888,864 5
Research Fellowships $1,998,605 3
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowships $1,205,846 2
Practitioner Fellowships – –
Translating Research into Practice Fellowships $175,303 1
Target 2: Support the work of NHMRC’s Women in Health Science Committee
Corporate Plan
Support the work of the NHMRC Women in Health Science Committee,
including working with institutions to ensure they meet the requirements
of the revised NHMRC Administering Institutions Policy in regard to
gender equity.
Work
ongoing
PART 2 Performance Report
In 2015–16, NHMRC continued to support the work of the Women in Health Science Working Committee,
which aims to gain a better understanding of the issues that face women researchers in health and medical
research in their career progression and retention. This assists NHMRC to lead and support change by
ensuring fair and inclusive funding processes and identifying mechanisms that could be implemented to
overcome barriers to success for women in research.
NHMRC’s Administering Institution (AI) policy includes seven key principles that oblige Institutions that
receive NHMRC grants to establish policies to support the progression and retention of women in health
and medical research. During the reporting period, NHMRC invited AIs to submit their policies for review
against these principles. At the time of reporting, 77 of 81 AIs had submitted their policies for review.
Target 3: Report annually on the percentage of women as Chief Investigators
Corporate Plan
Report annually on the percentage of women as Chief Investigators on
Project Grants, Program Grants and Research Fellowships.
Achieved
NHMRC has published on its website the Research Funding Facts Book, which reports on the percentage of
women as Chief Investigators (CIs) across all of NHMRC’s funding schemes for the previous calendar year.
The following table shows the percentage of women as chief investigators for the 2015–16 period.
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