NHMRC Partnerships: Creating effective collaboration between policy and research

The NHMRC Partnerships initiative was designed by NHMRC to meet the need for a more effective integration of evidence into health policy and service delivery, a key objective of its Strategic Plan (2007-09). NHMRC's aim is to improve health care through stronger evidence based approaches. NHMRC Partnerships will help create partnerships among policy makers, managers, service providers and researchers. It will provide funding for researchers and partner agencies to work together, define research questions, undertake research, and interpret the findings.

Applications for this initiative have now been officially called for and updated information is on the website: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/partnerships.htm