The Australian Society for Medical Research wants “the immediate doubling” of funding for the National Health and Medical Research Council

“Over a decade of static investment in the NHMRC is causing a loss of intellectual capital. It may take decades to replace the loss of talent the health & medical research sector is experiencing. Static investment is also diminishing economic returns on health & medical research,” ASMR warns.

It makes the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes appear underdone in aspirations. Its election call is for NHMRC funding to increase from $875m a year now to $2bn per annum in 2031-32. AAMRI also calls for higher returns om Medical Research Future Fund investments to support $1bn in annual outlays in a decade (CMM April 26).