National Health and Medical Research Council
| Council overview | |
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| Formed | 1936 |
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| Jurisdiction | Australian Government |
| Headquarters | Canberra |
| Motto | Building a Healthy Australia |
| Employees | 233 (2022–23) |
| Annual budget | A$1.18 billion (2022–23) |
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| Parent department | Department of Health and Aged Care |
| Website | nhmrc |
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the main statutory authority of the Australian Government responsible for medical research. It was the eighth largest research funding body in the world in 2016, and NHMRC-funded research is globally recognised for its high quality. Around 45% of all Australian medical research from 2008–12 was funded by the federal government, through the NHMRC.: 14
As an independent arm of the Department of Health, the NHMRC funds high quality health and medical research, builds research capability in Australia, support the translation of health and medical research into better health outcomes, and promote the ethics and integrity in research. Non-health research is funded by the Australian Research Council.