Sydney Health Partners Receives Australian Government Funding

The grant is part of a $12 million Australian Government investment into SHP and 11 other National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)-accredited Research Translation Centres (RTCs) across Australia.

The funding has been provided through the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2025-26 Supporting Research Translation Centres grant opportunity, and will see each accredited RTC receive $1 million from July 2025 for a two-year period leading to the next accreditation in 2027. The grant will be used by the Centres to:

“Sydney Health Partners welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of grants for us and our fellow Research Translation Centres, said SHP executive director, Professor Don Nutbeam AO.

“This funding recognises the vital role that the Centres play in ensuring that research is not just done—but that it also makes a difference to people’s lives by being translated into healthcare delivery.”

Professor Nutbeam - who is also Interim Chair of the Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA) that represents the RTCs – thanked the Australian Government and NHMRC for their ongoing support of this critical work.

“AHRA is proud to bring together Australia’s leading Research Translation Centres, working at the forefront of embedding research into healthcare to improve outcomes for all Australians,” he said.

“With this investment, our Centres will continue to strengthen collaboration between researchers, health services, and communities, build capacity in research translation, and drive innovations that deliver equitable, high-quality and evidence-based healthcare.”

Announcing the funding, The Honourable Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Ageing and Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, said the grants would drive the integration of evidence-based healthcare to deliver better health outcomes.

“Through facilitating the translation of health and medical research into high-quality healthcare services, our Research Translation Centres are delivering better health outcomes for all Australians,” said Mr Butler.

NHMRC Chief Executive Officer, Professor Steve Wesselingh said the RTCs are leading centres of excellence and collaboration in health and medical research, research translation, research-infused education and training, and outstanding health care.

“This funding will accelerate research translation and innovations in health care and practice while building capability through engagement between researchers and end users, including health services, consumers and the community.”

Sydney Health Partners was first accredited by NHMRC in 2015, and has since assisted numerous research translation projects, several of which have changed clinical practice and led to better patient health outcomes. Examples include: