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The thirteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held in February 2025 by videoconference.
Eligibility to apply for, and hold, an Investigator or Ideas Grant.
The NHMRC grant program reflects the philosophy that health and medical research is best supported by a diverse portfolio of schemes that fund across the spectrum of health and medical research.
Road traffic injuries are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally and road crashes have a considerable cost for the community, including for families trying to cope with the death or disability of a family member involved in a road crash.
Over the past century and throughout the world, viral hepatitis emerged as a significant public health issue afflicting hundreds of millions of people and causing severe ill health, liver damage, cancer and death.1
Our highly valuable committees allow us to seek advice from the best health care and research professionals across Australia.
Leukaemia is the most diagnosed cancer in children and the second most common cancer causing death among children in Australia.1 NHMRC-funded researchers at the Children’s Cancer Institute (CCI), in collaboration with researchers at Flinders University and in European laboratories, developed a highly accurate and sensitive technique – known as minimal residual disease (MRD) testing – that enables doctors to improve anti-cancer treatment for children with the most common type of leukaemia.
Ensuring the ethical, humane and responsible use of animals in health and medical research forms part of the sector’s social licence to operate in Australia.
In Australia, the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, including research, is regulated under state and territory legislation.
NHMRC recognises the importance of stakeholder input into the review of the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (the Code).
The purpose of the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (the Code) is to promote the ethical, humane and responsible care and use of animals used for scientific purposes. It provides guidance for investigators, institutions, animals ethics committees, animal carers and all those involved in the care and use of animals for scientific purposes.The Code is adopted into legislation in all Australian states and territories. It is endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australian Research Council, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Universities Australia. Compliance with the Code is a prerequisite for receipt of NHMRC funding.A web version of the Code is provided below.A PDF version of the Code, and guidance documents about implementation of Section 7: Cosmetic testing, are available under 'Downloads'
This document provides advice on the conduct of animal-based studies to ensure that the studies are rigorous, transparent and reproducible and lead to useful outcomes. It is in line with the Australian Code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes, 8th edition (2013), which is adopted into legislation across Australia.
The Australian Government has implemented a ban on the use of animals for cosmetic testing. The Commonwealth Department of Health managed the implementation of this ban, with the assistance of NHMRC.
The review of the Australian code for the care and use of animals for scientific purposes (the Code) will be led by the Office of NHMRC with advice from NHMRC’s Animal Welfare Committee. The review will also be informed by an Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) comprising representatives from relevant state, territory and Commonwealth departments and agencies. Additional expert advice may be sought on specific issues as required.