Annual Report 2015–2016

GOAL 1: SUPPORT TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Support translational research, including research focused on the
National Health Priority Areas, the Australian Government Science and
Research Priority in Health and other major health issues.
Activity 2.1 NHMRC
Corporate Plan
Target 1: Support translation-related research activities through a range of
funding schemes
Corporate Plan
Support translation-related research activities through a range of funding
schemes.
Achieved
PART 2 Performance Report
NHMRC funding that supports research translation is outlined in the following table.
Table 13 NHMRC commitments by research focus
Grant purpose
Amount
Build Capacity $280,934,020
Create Knowledge $393,280,485
Translate Research $191,474,992
Total $865,689,498
The Cochrane Collaboration
The Australian Government, through NHMRC, continued to fund Australia’s national licence to access the
Cochrane Library in 2015–16. This allows access to the Cochrane Library for all Australian residents through a
Wiley subscription. The Cochrane Library is an online resource that features over 6,000 published systematic
reviews of evidence for healthcare interventions and protocols for Cochrane Reviews. Australians are
among its highest per capita users in the world. Funding was also provided to 11 Cochrane entities located
in Australia, including the Australasian Cochrane Centre. The funding of $1.6 million in 2015–16 enabled
these entities to continue their review work in specialist fields such as public health, consumers and
communication, breast cancer and acute respiratory infections.
Target 2: Implement a collaborative initiative in tropical health research and
translation for Northern Australia
Corporate Plan
Work with Austrade and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
to implement a collaborative initiative in tropical health research and
translation for Northern Australia, developing a coordinated approach to
the measure, with at least three meetings involving these stakeholders by
December 2015.
Work
ongoing
On 24 November 2015, NHMRC convened a workshop to discuss implementation plans for the Northern
Australia Tropical Disease Collaborative Research Program, bringing together representatives from a
number of organisations, including Austrade and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
Discussions included how best to align with existing Australian Government tropical health programs.
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