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Organisation

National Health and Medical Research Council

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NHMRC
Guide

Life with intellectual disability

Mark Podmenik, Maxine Podmenik, Tammy Carlon, Luke Wheatley, Iva Strnadová

This guide, written by people with intellectual disability, covers the nature of intellectual disability, health and co-occurring conditions, strengths, and the struggles caused both by the condition itself and by societal barriers and discrimination. The guide is intended for people with intellectual disability, their families and carers, health professionals, educators, and the general community.
Evaluation

Evaluation of large scale priority-driven grant opportunities


The evaluation assesses how effectively the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) large‑scale priority‑driven grants foster national research collaboration. Using mixed methods, it found strong support for collaboration, with improved research outcomes. Key enablers and barriers were identified and 7 recommendations are proposed to strengthen future grant opportunities.
Strategy

Statement on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research


This joint statement with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Department of Health and Aged Care has been prepared to help make health and medical research more inclusive. The purpose of the statement is to improve health outcomes by improving knowledge of research gaps related to historical underrepresentation of sex, gender...
Evaluation

Research Impact Track Record Assessment (RITRA) framework: evaluation report


The Research Impact Track Record Assessment (RITRA) framework requires researchers to report on past research impacts in their applications for grants. This report describes the results of a process evaluation that sought to determine whether the RITRA framework has been implemented as intended. It found it was implemented as planned but that there were several...
Briefing paper

NHMRC 2022 CEO statement on electronic cigarettes: plain English summary


This briefing paper outlines the most current advice on the health impacts of e-cigarettes, and is based on in-depth evidence reviews and an extensive toxicology report.