2 August 2022

The National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) vision is a gender diverse and inclusive health and medical research workforce to take advantage of the full range of talent needed to build a healthy Australia.  

NHMRC has completed its consultation on options to reach gender equity in the NHMRC Investigator Grant scheme.

NHMRC held a series of open forums that included a presentation by NHMRC CEO, Professor Anne Kelso AO, and an open discussion with attendees on the options under consideration.

On 15 July 2022, NHMRC released a Discussion paper: Options to reach gender equity in the Investigator Grant scheme.

A series of open forums were held in locations across Australia and you can see the below table for locations and times.

Webinar

The Options to reach gender equity in the Investigator Grant scheme national online consultation webinar was recorded and is available to play in the following frame:

Also available is a transcript of the webinar.

Those unable to participate in these events were able to provide their feedback by completing a survey, which was open until Tuesday 16 August 2022.

Further information

A list of Frequently Asked Questions is available as is the discussion paper.

More information on the outcome of the consultation can be found on Working towards gender equity on Investigator Grants.

Table: Dates and locations of forums – consultation period now closed
Date Time State Organisation
Monday 1 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST Queensland University of Queensland, Brisbane
Monday 1 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST National Online via zoom (hybrid event with University of Queensland)
Tuesday 2 August 2022 10:00 am AEST Queensland James Cook University, Townsville
Those not in Townsville, were able to join in Cairns, Mackay, Mt Isa or Thursday Island by videoconference.
Wednesday 3 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST New South Wales Ritchie Theatre, UNSW Kensington Campus
Friday 5 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST Victoria Monash University Clayton Campus
Friday 5 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST National Online via zoom (hybrid event with Monash University)
Tuesday 9 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST Victoria University of Melbourne, Parkville
Tuesday 9 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST National Online via zoom (hybrid event with University of Melbourne)
Wednesday 10 August 2022 1:30 pm AWST Western Australia Perth Children's Hospital
Thursday 11 August 2022 12:30 pm ACST South Australia SAHMRI (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute)
Thursday 11 August 2022 12:30 pm ACST National Online via zoom (hybrid event with SAHMRI)
Tuesday 16 August 2022 10:00 am AEST Australian Capital Territory John Curtin School of Medical Research
Tuesday 16 August 2022 12:30 pm AEST National Online via Zoom

Contact

Email
gender.equity@nhmrc.gov.au

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