Medical Research Future Fund two year priorities

Australia has an outstanding record in medical and health innovation, but there is a gap in attention to the need for psychological science, as many of these innovations require behaviour change to be implemented so as to achieve maximum outcomes for consumers, health practitioners and health services in a cost-effective and cost-efficient manner.

As a diverse and strongly evidence-based discipline, behavioural and psychological science can make significant contributions to the MRFF strategic priority areas, specifically in relation to health technology, e-health, chronic disease, mental health, substance abuse, learning and development, and to health challenges for children, women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and residents of rural and remote regions, by

1. determining the most effective manner in which to alter behaviour and ensuring efficient delivery of the strategies
2. filling gaps in clinical and translational research from the laboratory to clinical settings and to policy and
3. informing evidence-based policy and its evaluation.

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