independent convenor of the whole research system
Regional health was missing from the national strategy.
Now it’s in it
We wrote the report and convened the roundtable. It’s now in the national strategy.
Research Australia connects Australian health and medical research. We are the only organisation that brings every part of the system together in one place.
Our members are universities, hospitals and health services, medical research institutes, industry, charities and philanthropists (more than 120 organisations spanning discovery through to the care people receive). We are independent of any single one of them, which is why we can bring them all to the table.
We build the evidence, put the case to government, and connect the people doing the work so that Australia invests wisely in research, translates it faster, keeps its researchers, and makes sure the benefits reach everyone.
Convening health and medical research. Accelerating innovation.
Member Stories
What our members set out to change
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What we’re working towards
A future where a clinical trial is as reachable from Dubbo as it is from Sydney. Where a woman’s symptoms are researched as thoroughly as a man’s. Where a discovery made in Australia is manufactured in Australia.
Each one is a funding decision, a policy decision or a workforce decision, and each one is on our table this year.
Our Four Strategic Platforms
Where we do the work
Smarter Investment
Getting more from every research dollar Australia commits.
$22bn MRFF, fully capitalised
Smarter Investment
Getting more from every research dollar Australia commits.
$22bn MRFF, fully capitalised
Smarter Investment
Getting more from every research dollar Australia commits.
$22bn MRFF, fully capitalised
Smarter Investment
Getting more from every research dollar Australia commits.
$22bn MRFF, fully capitalised
The Evidence Hub
Built to be cited
The evidence base behind everything we say. Reports, submissions, the facts, and the country’s longest-running poll on health and medical research.
Reports & submissions
The numbers that matter, in one place.
Policy submission: Making research routine
Capital Gains Tax Reforms Submission
HMR Facts
The numbers that matter, in one place.
$3.20
returned to the economy for every $1 invested in health & medical research.
Australia’s Health and Medical Research Support Index
Twenty-five years of tracking what Australians actually think about health and medical research.
78% of Australians back more research funding.
Behind every Number, a Person
The people behind the research
Inspire Magazine
The stories behind the discoveries
Inspire Magazine
The stories behind the discoveries
Part of a Global Collective
We are the Australian member of a global collective of research advocacy organisations.
One voice is easy to ignore. A hundred and twenty isn't
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