NHMRC Scientific Progress Report for NHMRC funded grants
NHMRC has revised its Scientific Progress Report template to gather more information to support evaluation of achievements against identified aims and collect data on clinical trials registration information that will contribute to NHMRC’s policy and evaluation processes.
The new template is now available in Sapphire to all CIAs from applicable schemes. This template is to be used for all NHMRC funded (MREA) grants that are required to submit a progress report due late 2025 and 2026 onwards, including any unsubmitted overdue reports.
New questions in the template cover:
- Identification of activities including clinical trials, and collection of clinical trial registry details that will allow NHMRC to link our data to that held in the ANZCTR, which holds additional information about the trials such as the number of patients, the trial 'type' (phase 1, phase 2 etc) and design (randomised controlled etc)
- Identification of risks and issues encountered, and changes to the research activity that may change the aims and objectives of the research that require approval and link to NHMRC’s Grantee Variations Policy
- Achievements against activity milestones to inform evaluation of research outputs, outcomes and impacts from the grant at a point in time
- Capture of digital object identifiers where applicable.
Other information, such as publications, research datasets, qualifications, awards, prizes and supervision/mentoring is collected through the completion of CIA Sapphire profiles.
Please see NHMRC’s website for further information including the progress, final and additional reporting page.