Annual Report 2015–2016

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1 NHMRC organisational structure as at 30 June 2016 8
Figure 2
Medical Research Endowment Account: new grant commitments, revenue,
grant payments and the MREA balance 9
Figure 3 NHMRC strategy for health and medical research 24
Figure 4 NHMRC strategy – investment 31
Figure 5 Expenditure by National Health Priority Area 33
Figure 6 Expenditure by Science and Research Priority 35
Figure 7 Expenditure by Broad Research Area 35
Figure 8 NHMRC strategy – translation 55
Figure 9 NHMRC strategy – integrity 74
Figure 10 NHMRC governance structure 87
Figure 11 Breakdown by classification level as at 30 June 2016 110
Figure 12 Number of men and women by classification level 111
Figure 13 Classification breakdown by age 112
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 NHMRC funding summary 2015–16 10
Table 2 Portfolio Budget Statement – NHMRC expenses and resources 25
Table 3 Expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 33
Table 4 Expenditure by National Health Priority Area 33
Table 5 Expenditure by Science and Research Priority 34
Table 6 Expenditure by Broad Research Area 35
Table 7 Funding for Centres of Research Excellence 36
Table 8 Funding for Targeted Calls for Research 37
Table 9 People support outcomes by broad research area 39
Table 10 People support outcomes by gender 40
Table 11 People support outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research 41
Table 12 Percentage of women as Chief Investigators 42
Table 13 NHMRC commitments by research focus 56
Table 14 Advice provided to Government 63
Table 15 Clinical practice guidelines approved by NHMRC 65
Table 16 Grants awarded for each Career Development Fellowship stream 69
Table 17 NHMRC commitments to research translation focussed funding programs 71
Table 18 Inspections undertaken by the ERLC under the RIHE Act and PHCR Act 2015–16 91
Table 19 Freedom of Information requests 2015–16 97
Table 20 Consultancy contract expenditure from 2011–12 to 2015–16 100
Table 21 Consultancy services let during 2015–16 of $10,000 or more 101
Table 22 Numbers of complaints received by NHMRC 2015–16 102
Table 23 Tenant light and power 104
Table 24 NHMRC employee overview as at 30 June 2016 110
Table 25
Representation of equal employment opportunity groups as a percentage of staff,
at 30 June 2016 112
Table 26 NHMRC salary ranges by classification as at 30 June 2016 113
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Annual Report of the National Health and Medical Research Council 2015–2016