Research Australia has submitted a budget proposal for the 2011-2012 financial year.
This document outlines many of the policy directions that Research Australia has developed in the last 12 months.
Topic covered in the subsmission include :
- A real 4% annual growth in funding for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), from 2011 to address rising rates of conditions such as diabetes, cancer, dementia, build workplace productivity and address population ageing ($498 m over 3 years)
- Build health research as a vital enabler of health reform providing evidence to drive excellence and continuous improvement in the health system. ($100 m over 3 years)
- A national consultation to inform the development of a Ten Year Strategic Plan for Australian health and medical research. ($2 m)
- An innovation and technologies fund to support promising new ideas make it to market. ($250m p.a. over 4 years)
- Feasibility study to identify conditions favourable to the establishment of a major national philanthropic Trust, similar to the UK ”Wellcome Trust.” ($300,000)
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