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22 July 2010
Supporting Australian Health and Medical Research
Presentation to the Universities Australia Pro and Deputy Vice Chancellors-Research Meeting (22 July 2010) by Warwick Anderson, AM, CEO, NHMRC. Supporting Australian Health and Medical Research - 22 JULY 2010 (PDF, 1.4MB)
15 July 2010
Working to Build a Healthy Australia - NHMRC’s Strategic Plan 2010-12
Presentation to the NHMRC Strategic Plan Workshop (15 July 2010) by Warwick Anderson, AM, CEO, NHMRC. Working to Build a Healthy Australia - NHMRC’s Strategic Plan 2010-12 - 15 JULY 2010 (PDF, 3.4MB)
19 May 2010
Doing more to improve Indigenous health: the new NHMRC Road Map
New directions and prospects in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research. The Medical Journal of Australia (17 May, 2010)— Editorial by Warwick Anderson, AM, CEO, NHMRC. Doing more to improve Indigenous health: the new NHMRC Road Map
01 April 2010
NHMRC phases out the use of impact factors in peer review
A revised NHMRC statement on the removal of journal impact factors from peer review of individual research grant and fellowship applications. NHMRC phases out the use of impact factors in peer review (PDF, 252KB)
26 March 2010
NHMRC CEO Newsletter 26 March 2010
Project Grants 2010 round and RGMS NHMRC has received 3344 applications for Project Grants for review in 2010, up from 3110 in 2009 and 2586 in 2008. It is expected that between 640 and 680 grants will be able to be supported this year, depending on the growth in average project grants size. All researchers wishing to lodge an application have been able to do so successfully. This was the first time we used the new Research Grants Management System (RGMS) to accept Project Grants...
16 October 2009
Research Newsletter October 2009
Download CEO's newsletter CEO's newsletter - October 2009 (PDF, 26KB) CEO's newsletter - October 2009 (DOC, 59KB) Elizabeth Blackburn Elizabeth Blackburn’s Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine reminds us of the central importance of fundamental research. Her discoveries have greatly extended our understanding of that central unit of life, the cell, but they have also opened up whole new perspectives into human health. It seems likely that mechanisms that lead...
19 June 2009
Research Newsletter June 2009
Download CEO's newsletter CEO's newsletter - June 2009 (PDF, 34KB) CEO's newsletter - June 2009 (Word, 40KB) Seeking your views NHMRC has released a discussion paper A draft National Strategy for Medical Research and Public Health Research. This paper sets out our plans for the support of health and medical research over the 2009-2012 triennium. We look forward to your comments and inputs. We have also released the following three independent reports that played a major role in...
16 April 2009
Research Newsletter April 2009
Download CEO's newsletter CEO's newsletter - April 2009 (PDF, 94KB) CEO's newsletter - April 2009 (DOC, 57KB) The Many Benefits of Australian Health and Medical Research By Warwick Anderson Chief Executive Officer, NHMRC Australians look to health and medical researchers with hope. They want us to find better ways to prevent ill health and they want us to find better ways to diagnose and treat the diseases they get. Community interest in health and medical research...
16 December 2008
Research newsletter December 2008
Download CEO's newsletter CEO's newsletter - December 2008 (PDF, 25KB) CEO's newsletter - December 2008 (DOC, 40KB) Outcomes of the 2008 Funding Round and Comments on 2009 Round. NHMRC takes this opportunity to thank sincerely the thousands of Australian and international researchers who have helped us with peer review this year. We thank too, the members of the Australian Community who have been independent observers on our peer review panels in 2008. This...
11 December 2008
A Description of the Peer Review Process for Project Grant Applications to NHMRC
This paper provides an overview of NHMRC's process of peer review for assessing Project Grant applications. A Description of the Peer Review Process for Project Grant Applications to NHMRC (PDF, 141KB)