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• We have developed a framework and metrics for the evaluation of burden, fairness and innovation and creativity in NHMRC's funding.

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia, have established a new grant program which aims to: (i) encourage greater creativity and innovation in research; (ii) minimise the burden on researchers of application and peer review so that researchers can spend more time producing high quality research; and (iii) provide opportunities for talented researchers at all career stages to contribute to the improvement of human health. The aim of this study is to help NHMRC think about ways to assess and measure the impact of the changes to their restructured grant program against those three aims. To do this, we have conducted a review of international practice in the program evaluation landscape for grant funding processes, focusing on the three core aims of NHMRC's new grant program; a review of NHMRC's data and grant management systems and capabilities; and developed an evaluation framework and metrics that NHMRC can use to monitor the performance of the grant program against these three aims over time.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Results from review of international practice

• Chapter Three

  Overview of NHMRC's data and grant management systems and capabilities

• Chapter Four

  A framework and metrics for NHMRC's new grant program

• Chapter Five

  Considerations and caveats

• Annex A

  Methodological approach

• Annex B

  Interview protocol for stakeholders external to NHMRC

• Annex C

  Protocol for focus groups with NHMRC representatives

• Annex D

  Grouping of RGMS label descriptors

• Annex E

  Longlist of metrics