Medical Research Future Fund Webinar – Assessing MRFF grants: Insights from assessors (15 March 2023) – presentation

This is the presentation of the MRFF Webinar – Assessing MRFF grants: Insights from assessors on 15 March 2023. The webinar was hosted by:

• Dr Masha Somi, Chief Executive Officer, Health and Medical Research Office
• Professor Caroline Homer AO, Deputy Chair, Australian Medical Research Advisory Board.

Dr Somi and Professor Homer were joined by a panel of experts with experience in serving on MRFF Grant Assessment Committees (GACs). The panel comprised:

• Mr John Stubbs AM, Chair, MRFF Consumer Reference Panel
• Professor Walter Abhayaratna OAM, Canberra Hospital and Health Services
• Dr BJ Newton, University of New South Wales
• Professor Michael Kimlin, Queensland University of Technology
• Associate Professor Sarah Norris, University of Sydney.

Topics included the:

• MRFF grant assessment process
• MRFF grant assessment criteria
• how to become a GAC member.

A questions and answers session followed.