Annual Report 2015–2016

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Target 3: Identify opportunities for education of researchers in skills related to commercialisation Corporate Plan Work with others to identify opportunities for education of researchers in skills related to commercialisation. Work ongoing The NHMRC will continue to work with the Health Innovation Advisory Committee on strategies to improve commercial literacy in the research sector. Target 4: Present a Marshall and Warren award for highly innovative Project Grants PART 2 Performance Report Corporate Plan Continue to confer a Marshall and Warren award annually for highly innovative Project Grants, in support of building an innovative health industry. Achieved The Marshall and Warren Award is given to the applicant with the most highly innovative and potentially transformative Project Grant application. In 2015, the award was presented to Professor Peter Thompson from the University of Western Australia at the NHMRC Research Excellence Awards dinner. Professor Thompson and his team will follow up on the promising results of a clinical trial to confirm whether a low cost drug can reduce incidents that may damage the heart muscle in patients with stable coronary heart disease. This follow‐up study will involve around 5,000 participants, up from around 500 in the earlier trial. The award is named after Nobel Laureates Professors Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who were awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease. Target 5: Establish the Health Innovation Advisory Committee Corporate Plan Establish the Health Innovation Advisory Committee and its work plan on advice from Council. Work ongoing The Minister for Health established the Health Innovation Advisory Committee (HIAC) on 29 June 2015. The HIAC, which met three times in the reporting period, aims to develop strategies to improve commercial literacy in the research sector and promote better collaboration between the health and medical research and commercial sectors. It will also consider and advise on ways to further the development and uptake of innovative technologies and practices to improve human health, including the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Target 6: Report on the proportion of the MREA budget committed to research translation Corporate Plan Report on the proportion of the total annual MREA budget committed to research translation focused funding programs. Achieved As detailed in the NHMRC Corporate Plan 2015-2016, NHMRC will support the translation of health and medical research into clinical practice, policy and health systems and the effective commercialisation of research discoveries. A full breakdown of funding commitments to research translation is available at Target 1: Support translation-related research activities through a range of funding schemes. 70 Annual Report of the National Health and Medical Research Council 2015–2016
Table 17 NHMRC commitments to research translation focussed funding programs Grant purpose Amount Build Capacity $280,934,020 Create Knowledge $393,280,485 Translate Research $191,474,992 Total $865,689,498 Target 7: Report on the percentage of Project Grants with an innovation category score of five or more Corporate Plan Report annually on the percentage of Project Grants awarded each year with a ‘significance and/or innovation’ category score of five or more, to highlight the proportion of grants that foster innovation. Achieved Throughout the reporting period a total of 99 per cent of Project Grants were awarded a ‘significance and/or innovation’ category score of five or more (out of a maximum of seven). Outcome 4: Remove barriers to commercialisation and innovation in health PART 2 Performance Report The Health Innovation Advisory Committee (HIAC) developed its work plan and assisted NHMRC to revise policies and processes to make it easier for researchers to move flexibly between industry and academia. HIACs outcomes over 2015–16 include providing advice to the CEO on: • the development of a Guide to Evaluating Industry-Relevant Experience to give context to industry/ commercial experiences and achievements so that peer reviewers are better equipped to evaluate track record • strengthening assessment criteria to better recognise and assess industry-related research achievements and experience • including a Recognising Applicants’ Industry-Relevant Expertise section in the 2016 NHMRC Funding Rules. Through HIAC, NHMRC has developed relationships with other organisations working to remove barriers to commercialisation, including Innovation Australia and the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Centre, MTP Connect. HIAC continues to advise the CEO on how to improve commercial literacy and education opportunities for the research sector. Annual Report of the National Health and Medical Research Council 2015–2016 71
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National Health and Medical Researc
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A HEALTHY START TO LIFE NHMRC is co
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CONTENTS ABOUT THE REPORT V PART 1
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ABOUT THE REPORT This report was pr
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PART1 OVERVIEW Chief Executive Offi
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Structural review of NHMRC’s gran
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During the year the NHMRC Council e
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NHMRC’s strategy for health and m
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RESEARCH FUNDING EXPENDITURE Fundin
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PROMOTING EXCELLENCE THROUGH THE NH
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Award Recipient Institution Researc
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Award Recipient Institution Researc
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CASE STUDY “This research is desi
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Note 3.3 Other Payables 2016 2015 $
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6 PART APPENDICES Appendix 1: Execu
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Executive Director, Evidence, Advic
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CHAIR OF NHMRC COUNCIL Chair Profes
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APPENDIX 3: RESEARCH COMMITTEE The
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APPENDIX 7: HEALTH INNOVATION ADVIS
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IREG IRIISS JPco-fuND JPND MREA NAB
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Cancer 5, 66 National Evidence Base
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