NSW Regional Health PartnersCentre for Innovation in Regional Health

Emeritus Professor Maree Gleeson OAMInterim Director

Medical Research Future Fund – EOI Process for Project Grants1 March 2018

NSW Regional Health Partners CIRHEight Strategically Aligned Partners

Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA)7 Advanced Health Research Translation Centres

2 Centres for Innovation in Regional Health

Background to the Establishment of AHRAFunding

• Medical Research Futures Fund Federal Funding (via DoH)

• McKeon Review of Medical Research Strategy for medical research

• MRFF Advisory Committee Priority setting & $ allocation

Accreditation

• NHMRC Accredited AHRTC & CIRH Accreditation of Centres

Collaboration

• Australian Health Research Alliance National Alliance of 9 Centres

• NSW-based AHTRC & CIRH NSW Alliance of 3 Centres

Australian Health Research Alliance

Accreditation Criteria

• Health-led Centres Not Academic research centres

• Integrated health services, education of health professionals, and

• Significant capacity in internationally recognised health & medical research

AHRA Collaborations

• MRFF set 12 national priorities AHRA responded with 4 national initiatives

• Collaborative selection process Not competitive grant process

• Centre-based Project grants Collaborations address MRFF Priorities

Australian Health Research Alliance

Australian Health Research AllianceAHRA is developing frameworks for three MRFF national systems level priorities in 2017-2018.

– MRFF PRIORITY 1 – Improving clinical pathways and care by building collaboration across the care continuum

• AHRA Initiative 1 – Health Systems Improvement and Sustainability

– MRFF PRIORITY 2 – Addressing clinical variation by driving data linkage and integration

• AHRA Initiative 2 – Better Use of Health Data

– MRFF PRIORITY 3 – Improving the health of vulnerable groups

• AHRA Initiative 3 – Indigenous Health

– An additional overarching initiative will also be developed

• AHRA Initiative 4 – Community & Consumer Engagement in research

Governance and Operational Structure

MRFF Funding 2018AHRA Funds – NOT Competitive – ONLY available through NSWRHP

2017 National Initiatives – $2M already allocated

2018 National Initiatives – funding to be announced

2018 Projects Grants – funding to be announced – EOI Process

Other MRFF funding programs - $65.5M in 2017

Allocated direct to specific organisations

NHMRC are allocating an competitive funding programs

MRFF Project Grant EOI ProcessONLY available through NSWRHPApplicant ELIGIBILITY #1

Lead Applicant – Employee of a NSWRHP HEALTH organisation (LHD, CMN or PHN)

Projects – Endorsed by the Translation Committee Rep

Project ELIGIBILITY #2

Involves a Minimum of 3 partner organisations (within NSWRHP)

Aligns with the MRFF Priorities

Aligns with NSWRHP Priorities

Project can be delivered within 12 months (shovel ready project)

MRFF Priorities for 2016-19AHRA-associated MRFF Priorities Health services improvement

Evidence for practice gap or improvement

Reducing clinical variation

Patient or pubic engagement strategy

Primary care or community care improvements

Indigenous health improvement strategies

There are Other MRFF Priorities – these also qualify

There are more on the website: Medical Research and Innovation priorities 2016 -2018.

From Vision to PurposeNSWRHP CIRH Foundation Plan

Develop Economic & Social Assessments for changing models of care

Develop Research Impact metrics

Develop Implementation Sciences for knowledge transfer

Develop community-based preventative Health Messaging

Local Trial models (for above)

Healthy Weight Strategy WP

Health Technology Assessments WP

NSWRHP Priorities for 2018Local Priorities Economic & Social Assessments of Models of Care

Knowledge Transfer models

Population Health Messaging

Integration of new knowledge into Professional training programs

Consumer & Community engagement in research

AHRA Priorities

Indigenous health

Development of Research Impact metrics

Better use of health data