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This information booklet provides guidance on how the Targeted Calls for Research (TCR) peer review process works, what is involved, and the role and responsibilities of consumer and community representatives (CCRs) on peer review panels.

NHMRC recognises that the COVID-19 pandemic may be affecting research involving animals, including delays to existing research projects, or new research relating to the pandemic that proposes to use animals.

These FAQs address common eligibility queries received during the application process for the Investigator, Ideas, and Synergy Grant schemes.

The 2024 Evaluation Strategy Implementation Report outlines NHMRC's evaluation-related activities, challenges, and achievements during the 2023–24 financial year (the reporting period). For long-term initiatives that commenced within this reporting period but continued into the 2024–25 financial year, progress updates as of March 2025 are also included. 

Additional guidance on what constitutes a Probity Event under the NHMRC Funding Agreement.

In accordance with APSC Guidance for Agency Heads – Gifts and Benefits, the following relates to gifts/and or benefits received by NHMRC officials that exceed AU$100 in value.

The Investigator Grants Peer Review Mentor (PRM) video features senior researchers discussing their approach to organising, assessing, scoring and comparing Investigator and other NHMRC grant applications equitably. This video resource is to support peer reviewers of NHMRC grants.

'At its core, research is about people and when people get involved, we move faster towards breakthroughs, driving better health outcomes for everyone.'

'This isn’t just about good intentions, it’s a chance to change how we do things together. Because if we want research that changes lives, it has to be grounded in real life and lived experience.'

'NHMRC believes consumer and community involvement is essential for high quality research, and we know that research where the consumers and the community are involved right from the beginning is better research and has better outcomes and more impact.'

The Guunu-maana (Heal) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program at The George Institute for Global Health drives meaningful, ethical research and advocacy to transform the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples and communities. Recipient of the 2025 NHMRC Research Quality Biennial Award, Guunu-maana is committed to research quality, being led by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing to generate evidence that privileges Indigenous knowledges and research quality within the field.

NHMRC Approval

'Involving consumers in research provides insights that can help plot the path towards a cure. Tailoring their role to fit specific projects helps research remain relevant and focused on achieving the best outcomes.'

MRFF – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative - 2025 Incorporating Patient Data in Health Technology Assessment Decision Making Grant Opportunity

MRFF – Global Health Initiative – 2025 Mental Health and Climate Change Grant Opportunity

MRFF – Early to Mid-Career Researchers Initiative – 2025 Early to Mid-Career Researchers Grant Opportunity

The fourteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held in April 2025 by videoconference.

The fifteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held in June 2025 by videoconference.

The institutions listed below have been approved as Administering Institutions (AIs). This list is current as of 24 July 2025.