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Welcome to Tracker, the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) fortnightly newsletter with the latest information on major activities and funding opportunities.
In 2021, NHMRC undertook a targeted consultation on NHMRC’s assessment of publications. Based on the results of this consultation, NHMRC began implementing a new policy relating to the assessment of publications for its track record-based schemes.The new policy limited applicants to list no more than 10 of their top publications in the past 10 years. The Top 10 in 10 publications policy evaluation report – which may be downloaded at the bottom of this page – describes the results of a process evaluation that sought to determine whether the policy has been implemented as intended.
NHMRC opened the Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Improving infection prevention and control in residential aged care homes on 13 September 2023. Applications closed on 8 November 2023.
Professor Jamie Cooper AO is Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University, and Senior Specialist in Intensive Care at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
Based on a comprehensive review of the evidence and the translation of this evidence into the Information Paper Water fluoridation: dental and other human health outcomes, this also takes into consideration what the situation is here in Australia compared to elsewhere.
This document: Public consultation — summary of key issues: Draft information paper: Evidence on the effects of lead on human health outlines the key issues raised via public consultation and summaries of the Lead Working Committee’s responses.
Information for grant holders submitting progress, final and additional reports on grant outcomes.
Frontline care for people experiencing mental health conditions is usually provided by general practitioners (GPs). These conditions – whose total cost to society has been estimated at $10.9 billion per year1 – impact on a person’s physical, social and financial wellbeing, work productivity and more, and when work-related they are particularly complex and challenging to manage.
On 1 April 2025, NHMRC released an updated National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2025 (National Statement) incorporating changes to Section 4 Ethical considerations specific to participants in research and minor changes to other sections of the National Statement. This is an update to the National Statement released in 2023.
When Professor Fabienne Mackay stepped into the role of Director and CEO at QIMR Berghofer in late 2020, she expected challenges—navigating a global pandemic, leading a major organisational restructure, and steering a world-class research institute through an evolving funding landscape. What she did not anticipate was facing one of the most significant cases of research misconduct in Australian history.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) administers Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grants. Organisations can apply to NHMRC to become an MRFF Eligible Organisation (MRFF EO). This will allow them to be separately identified in NHMRC's grant management system and to apply for MRFF grant funding.
As nutritional and psychological sciences advance, the evidence grows that diet is not only vital for physical health but also plays a significant role in mental wellbeing. While the burgeoning field of Nutritional Psychiatry shows correlations between not only what we eat and how we feel and behave, there is still so much to explore.