Research Australia and Stroke Foundation "Health Research and You" Fact Sheet now available.  Download Fact Sheet (PDF 315KB)

Adelaide Members and Supporters Briefing - Monday, 27 July, 10.30am-12.30pm.  Non members welcome.  Find out more

National Youth Ambassador for Health Reseach closes Monday, 13 July 2009.   Find out more

Revised Position Statement: Monitoring and Reporting of Safety for Clinical Trials Involving Therapeutic Products.  Visit the NHMRC website for revised Position Statement.

Draft national strategy for Australian medical research and public health research – 2010-12.  NHMRC will release a consultation paper setting out a draft national strategy for medical research and public health research next week.

Forthcoming public consultations: Partnership Centres for Research Excellence.  NHMRC will undertake further consultations to assist in the design of the Partnership Centres for Research Excellence. Interested stakeholders are advised that a discussion paper and consultation paper will be available via NMHRC website on 26 June 2009. Submissions will be due 30 July 2009.

New Government Innovation White paperThe Federal Government has recently produced a policy framework to guide the development of Australia’s innovation system over the next ten years to address Australia’s fall from fifth to eighteenth in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index.  The white paper titled Powering Ideas - An Innovation Agenda for the 21st Century responds to the recommendations of Venturous Australia — Building Strength in Innovation: Review of the National Innovation System and also draws from a range of research, industry and educations reviews of recent years. Download Research Australia Summary (PDF 23KB) or visit Shaping Policy at www.researchaustralia.org

Budget 2009-2010 Summary
Research Australia has prepared a summary of the latest 2009-2010 Federal Budget and the impacts on the Health and Medical Research Sectors.   Download Research Australia Budget Summary (PDF 67KB).

Trends in Health and Medical Research Funding 2009. 
Research Australia has prepared a snapshot of trends and statistics on funding for health and medical research over recent years.  This publication, “Trends in Health and Medical Research Funding”  will assist members in the preparation of policy materials in relation to the NHMRC, competitive grants, infrastructure support, government funding, business R&D, philanthropic investment and return on investment.  Download Research Australia's Trends in Health and Medical Research Funding 2009 Report  2009 (PDF 162 KB) and find out more about our publications.