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National Health and Medical Research Council
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Evaluation
Evaluation of large scale priority-driven grant opportunities
The evaluation assesses how effectively the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) large‑scale priority‑driven grants foster national research collaboration. Using mixed methods, it found strong support for collaboration, with improved research outcomes. Key enablers and barriers were identified and 7 recommendations are proposed to strengthen future grant opportunities.
Strategy
Statement on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research
This joint statement with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Health and Aged Care has been prepared to help make health and medical research more inclusive. The purpose of the statement is to improve health outcomes by improving knowledge of research gaps related to historical underrepresentation of sex, gender...
Evaluation
Research Impact Track Record Assessment (RITRA) framework: evaluation report
The Research Impact Track Record Assessment (RITRA) framework requires researchers to report on past research impacts in their applications for grants. This report describes the results of a process evaluation that sought to determine whether the RITRA framework has been implemented as intended. It found it was implemented as planned but that there were several...
Briefing paper
NHMRC 2022 CEO statement on electronic cigarettes: plain English summary
This briefing paper outlines the most current advice on the health impacts of e-cigarettes, and is based on in-depth evidence reviews and an extensive toxicology report.
Report
Birthing on Noongar Boodjar: project recommendations
The recommendations in this paper are aimed at enabling health services to maximise their effectiveness in providing services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, babies and their families during pregnancy and childbirth.