Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI)

AAMRI WA was delighted to celebrate Western Australia's vibrant health and medical research sector at its annual dinner this week. AAMRI WA Chair and Telethon Kids Institute Executive Director Jonathan Carapetis AM and his fellow Institute leaders welcomed WA's Minister for Medical Research, Hon Stephen Dawson MLC and the new Chair of the Future Rebecca Tomkinson, for an evening of engaging discussion about the role of medical research in improving health outcomes, making breakthrough discoveries, providing solutions for communities, and diversifying the state economy. At left - Minister for Medical Research, Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy, Hon. Stephen Dawson MLC; Future Health Research and Innovation Fund Advisory Council Chair Rebecca Tomkinson; AAMRI WA Chair and Telethon Kids Institute Executive Director Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM At right – AAMRI CEO Dr Saraid Billiards and AAMRI WA Executive Officer Frances Bell

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NEW SECTOR ANALYSIS | AAMRI has analysed NHMRC's 2023 grant outcomes across Investigator Grants, Ideas Grants, Synergy Grants and Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies. Why, and what did we find about our medical research institutes? Grant outcomes for medical research institutes are often not visible in publicly available data, as their grant successes are usually attributed to Organisations administering their grants, such as an affiliated university. AAMRI conducted its own analysis of the medical research institute sector. We found: 🏢 Funded rates for our sector in 2023 were higher than the average funded rate of all sectors. 🔬 Our researchers were awarded between 45-54% of all grants. 💰 In dollar amounts, this was $382.8 million across the four funding schemes, representing over half (50.7%) of total funding available. 👩🔬 Women in our sector had lower funded rates in 2023 compared to men for Investigator and Ideas Grants, but not Synergy Grants. 👨🔬 Looking at Investigator Grants only, women in our sector received almost $13 million more in 2023 compared to 2021. Men, received almost $40 million less in 2023 compared to 2021. Read more findings in our full analysis: https://lnkd.in/gqJ2FUmA #medicalresearchfunding #NHMRC #InvestigatorGrants #IdeasGrants #SynergyGrants #ClinicalTrials #CohortStudies

AAMRI welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the NHMRC’s draft Good Institutional Practice Guide - we strongly support the importance of promoting an institutional culture that supports the conduct of high-quality research. While the draft guide provides a good overview of approaches to fostering a positive research culture, to enable medical research institutes to continue to deliver high-quality, impactful research, consideration needs to be given to funding the full costs of research and the development of tools and resources that can be shared throughout the sector.  Read our full submission: https://lnkd.in/gcxZc3pg

📣 A turning point in unifying funding for Aus health and medical research. We welcome news that our two major funding bodies NHMRC & MRFF will work together under a new structure. What does this means for our sector? For our world-leading medical research institutes, better aligned funding will mean reduced grant duplication and administrative burden, as well as more sustainable and rewarding careers for our talented researchers. Our granting systems have needed reform. Now, collaboration between NHMRC and MRFF funding bodies represents a step forward in creating a cohesive and strategic approach to how medical research is supported and carried out in Australia. "We look forward to this new era of improved funding approaches and working with Government to play our part in shaping a sustainable and integrated system to secure the future for Australian medical research," says AAMRI CEO, Dr Saraid Billiards. Read AAMRI's full reaction 👉 https://lnkd.in/gVYXsrXU National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) #MRFF #funding #medicalresearch

We are delighted by today's announcement of better coordination between #NHMRC's Medical Research Endowment Account and #MRFF through a new advisory structure. AAMRI has long advocated for strategic alignment of our two major research funds to unify our health and medical research system, support our essential workforce and deliver better return on research investment and capabilities. We look forward to supporting and being part of next steps in this new era of positive reform. Watch this space. National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

E-NEWS | July issue out now - including: 👉One more week for AAMRI Report Survey data submission 🔬 AAMRI affiliate memberships now available 📅Register to attend Fundraising and Philanthropy Network event 🔬 NHMRC to develop long COVID / CFS guidelines more Gov news 🧪Funding and award opportunities July - Sept Read more: https://lnkd.in/gjx-GUbe

Great to see support for early-stage research and translational research fast-tracked through the latest round of the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions' Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund (VMRAF) grants. Congratulations to our members Bionics Institute and Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) who are among medical research institutes, hospitals and universities to receive funding to turn research to real-world impacts 🔬 Read more 👇

AAMRI welcomes the appointment of the inaugural Board of the Australian Research Council announced today by Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education. We look forward to its positive impact and outcomes for Australian research!

Congratulations to the health and medical innovators who have secured a share of $5M from the Government of Western Australia's Future Health Research and Innovation Seed Fund. The latest round of grants are set to boost a range of projects run by early to intermediate stage start-ups, including those backed by researchers at AAMRI WA institutes. In making the announcement, WA Medical Research Minister the Hon. Stephen Dawson said, "We are keen to position WA as a global leader in medical research and innovation and the Innovation Seed Fund is an important cog in our strategy to make this happen." "And the WA community can be reassured that this funding is helping the brightest minds in our State to generate innovative solutions to improve health outcomes for all Western Australians." Read the full announcement and list of recipients: https://lnkd.in/g--TB-bP #wapol #medicalresearchfunding