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‘18 per cent of all Indigenous Australian adults have chronic kidney disease—two times as likely as non-Indigenous Australians.’
Through accreditation, the Research Translation Centres are recognised for their leadership and excellence in research, translation, collaboration, and the training of health professionals and other end-users in an evidence-based environment.
NHMRC-accredited Research Translation Centres are leading centres of excellence and collaboration in health and medical research, research translation, research-infused education and training, and outstanding health care.
The translation of health and medical research provides the best opportunity for populations to receive excellent health care, and drives advances and breakthroughs in health care in Australia.
The ME/CFS Scoping Survey was released by NHMRC on 21 February 2025 and was open for 9 weeks through to 27 April 2025. The survey was open to the public and was designed to gather insights from individuals with ME/CFS and related conditions (Long COVID, postural orthostatic intolerance syndrome (POTS) and fibromyalgia), carers, GPs and other healthcare professionals that provide care to people with ME/CFS and related conditions, researchers and consumer organisations. The purpose of the survey was to understand what stakeholders consider priorities for inclusion in the new Australian ME/CFS Clinical Practice Guidelines and to understand patient and healthcare professionals’ experiences of barriers to and/or enablers of care.The full report is available from the Downloads section.
NHMRC is currently working with the ME/CFS Guideline Development Committee to determine what will be included in the new ME/CFS guidelines.
Knowledge growth through research underpins improvements in Australia's health and health services. This research can be fundamental or can be applied, directly addressing clinical problems, public and environmental health issues or the provision of health services.
Our Partnership Project funding scheme provides funding and support to create new opportunities for researchers and policy makers to work together to define research questions, undertake research, interpret the findings and implement the findings into policy and practice.
Transparency, accountability and shared learning are key components of NHMRC’s peer review process. A new peer review assessment stage will be piloted in the 2026 Investigator Grants round designed to strengthen the robustness of the existing peer review process.
Addressing research gaps related to the historical lack of consideration of sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation (the Variables) in health and medical research is central to the joint Statement on Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation in Health and Medical Research (the Statement).