Attached is a summary from the Association of Australia Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) of the 2018-19 Federal Budget.<\/p>\n
The highlights are as follows:<\/p>\n
A total of $275.4M will be invested over the forward estimates including:<\/p>\n
o Mental health – $125M over 10 years from 2017-18 for a Million Minds\u00a0 Mental Health Research Mission to support priorities under the fifth Mental\u00a0 Health and Suicide Prevention Plan<\/p>\n
o AHRTCs – $75M over 4 years from 2017-18 to extend the Rapid Applied\u00a0 Research Translation program that supports Advanced Health Research\u00a0 Translation Centres and Centres for Innovation in Regional Health<\/p>\n
o Preventative health – $18.1M over four years from 2017-18 for a Keeping\u00a0 Australians Out of Hospital program to support preventive health, behavioural\u00a0 economics and reduce avoidable presentations to hospital<\/p>\n
o Health systems research – $39.8M over four years from 2017-18 for a\u00a0 Targeted Health System and Community Organisation Research program\u00a0 with a focus on comparative effectiveness studies and consumer-driven\u00a0 research<\/p>\n
o Women\u2019s Health – $17.5M over four years from 2017-18 for research into\u00a0 Women\u2019s Health and research into Maternal Health and First 2,000 Days to\u00a0 address the underlying social determinants of health that impact on a child\u2019s\u00a0 early days in life.<\/p>\n