Committees

Committees advise on our funding procedures, research and health ethics, mental health research, and health innovation and translation. This advice ensures we offer the highest standard of information. When we need further expertise, we can form a working committee or reference group for a particular topic.

A diagram of our Advisory committee structure is available in the Downloads section.

Council

The Council of NHMRC is established under the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992 (NHMRC Act) to advise the CEO and perform functions conferred on it.

Principal committees

Principal committees are established under section 35 of the NHMRC Act.

• Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC)
• Research Committee (RC)

The Embryo Research Licensing Committee is an additional Principal Committee established under section 13 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002.

• Embryo Research Licensing Committee (ERLC)

Advisory committees and groups

Working committees and advisory groups can be formed under section 39 of the NHMRC Act to advise NHMRC on issues that arise from time to time. Current committees are listed in the NHMRC Committees table below.

Joint NHMRC-MRFF Committees

Joint committees have been established to support improved alignment and coordination of the NHMRC’s Medical Research Endowment Account (MREA) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

• NHMRC-MRFF Consumer Advisory Group
• NHMRC-MRFF Indigenous Advisory Group
• NHMRC-MRFF Public Health and Health Systems Committee
• NHMRC-MRFF Industry, Commercialisation and Philanthropy Committee

Previous committees and advisory groups

Find information about the functions and composition of previous NHMRC Committees and Advisory Groups.

Committee Members' responsibilities for the disclosure of interests

Appointees to Council and Committees of NHMRC are required to disclose their interests in line with the Policy on the Disclosure of Interests Requirements for Prospective and Appointed NHMRC Committee Members (available in Download section below). This policy reflects the disclosure of interest requirements in section 42A of the NHMRC Act and instructions issued under sections 16A and 16B of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 (made under subsection 29(2) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act)).

Committee Centre

The NHMRC Committee Centre allows registered users to log in and download meeting papers.