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The booklet aims to help people think through some ethical issues and make informed decisions about organ and tissue donation after death.
This video is to provide Investigator Grants peer reviewers with assistance on assessing applicants who have applied at an inappropriate level.
NHMRC is serious about preventing, detecting and responding to fraud and corruption and is committed to high ethical, moral and legal standards. A key focus of this framework is to raise awareness of fraud and corruption among NHMRC employees and other people who deal with NHMRC, and to assist in the prevention, detection and reporting of suspected fraud and corrupt conduct.
Statements of Expectations are issued by the responsible Minister to provide greater clarity about government policies and objectives relevant to an agency, including the policies and priorities it is expected to observe in conducting its operations. The Accountable Authority under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, in the case of NHMRC, the CEO, respond to this statement with their Statement of Intent.NHMRC recently received a Regulatory Statement of Expectations from the Minister for Health and Aged Care highlighting government expectations in relation to how the Office of NHMRC supports and reports on the independent regulatory functions of the Embryo Research Licensing Committee.
Keeping research on track: a guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples about health research ethics was designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities when they are considering conducting or being involved with health research.
This criteria must be used for determining embryos that are considered unsuitable for implantation and that may be used for research. The NHMRC will continue to work with the scientific community to update and refine these Objective Criteria as additional scientifically authenticated information becomes available.
This video is to assist Investigator Grants peer reviewers.
In July 2023, NHMRC released an updated National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023 (National Statement) incorporating changes to Chapter 2.1: Risk and Benefit and Section 5: Research Governance and Ethics Review and minor consequential changes to other sections of the National Statement. This is the first update to the National Statement since June 2018.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recognises that our staff and stakeholders value their privacy, and we make privacy a part of our everyday business. This means we incorporate privacy into strategic planning and take a 'privacy by design' approach to integrating privacy management into our projects and practices.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) engages with health consumer and community groups to identify community representatives, consumers and/or carers to participate in our committees, peer review processes, guideline development and public consultation.
Drinking alcohol in pregnancy can harm the unborn child and may cause a range of neurodevelopmental disorders including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).1
Managing individual exposure to lead in Australia – A guide for health practitioners (The Guide) provides health practitioners with general information to assist in the management of individuals with elevated blood lead levels.
The following data has been obtained from the 2019-2022 Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS) post-implementation review (PIR) surveys of peer reviewers. This document summarises key trends in these findings and details areas for improvement to better shape PGS peer review practices in the future.
The Principles for the translation of ‘omics’- based tests from discovery to health care are designed to assist researchers and clinicians in translating omics-based discoveries into properly validated tests that are clinically useful*.
Administrative and supporting information for the June 2025 updates to the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Discover how Professors Sant-Rayn Pasricha and Beverley-Ann Biggs's extensive research on iron supplementation is reshaping global health recommendations. Their work offers new insights into child development and anaemia treatment.
Questions and answers from the Ideas Grants 2025 peer reviewer webinar. Recorded 22 July 2025.