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Focus of HRB funding 2010-2014

14 December 2009

The new HRB strategy clearly outlines a shift in focus of funding from basic biomedical research to patient-oriented research. Over the next five years the HRB will continue to support research of the highest quality and excellence.

Front cover of HRB Strategic Business Plan 2010-2014

We will gradually concentrate our resources into research that offers the most potential for rapid translation into impacts and benefits for patients, for population health and for the health system.

Our investment will focus on clinical including applied biomedical research, patient-oriented research, health services research and population health sciences research. The HRB will no longer fund research projects which are classified as wholly, or predominantly, basic biomedical research.

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