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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of this drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.
2025 NHMRC-Horizon Europe Grant Opportunity guidelines published.
Sapphire Refresh project closure
'Insights into the lived experience of people managing chronic conditions can strengthen research.'
Initiated by a NHMRC Project Grant in 2014, Professor Danielle Mazza’s (Monash University) journey towards creating the SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) has gone from strength to strength in the years following. SPHERE’s mission, focused on fundamental reproductive rights, aims to drive better sexual and reproductive health outcomes for Australian women through primary care.
Recognising that Australia’s health is connected to global wellbeing, NHMRC invests in high-quality research and partnerships to address shared health challenges. Guided by our International Engagement Strategy, we support Australian researchers to collaborate internationally and ensure our funding can be used for essential overseas activities. By promoting research that advances health equity and responds to emerging priorities, NHMRC helps build a healthier Australia and world.
Multidisciplinary and multi-institution research is often the key to scientific advancement. NHMRC supports collaborative approaches to health and medical research. We provide assistance to Australian researchers in collaborative research projects, facilitate collaborative networks and international research partnerships, and researchers can explore opportunities to work with us or use our facilities.
NHMRC opened this Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Addressing the Needs of People with High Healthcare Service Utilisation in Australia on 11 December 2024 and applications closed on 26 March 2025.
The Targeted Call for Research (TCR) into Addressing the Needs of People with High Healthcare Service Utilisation aimed to fund research that effectively creates a more balanced and efficient health care system. The opportunity needed to be considered an integral part of general health in primary care services. Addressing the needs of patients with high health care service utilisation, aimed to facilitate research that will improve understanding of where critical issues are for people to access timely and efficient health care services.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is investing $9.6 million into research to improve understanding of the patient journey and better meet the healthcare service demand.
Members of NHMRC’s Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (the Expert Committee) have been appointed to support the review of evidence and update of the 2013 Australian Dietary Guidelines.
The nineteenth meeting of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Dietary Guidelines Expert Committee (Expert Committee) was held across 2 days in October 2025 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Children’s health is an important focus for NHMRC. Our work in this area includes developing evidence-based guidelines and advice that support children’s health and development.