- Title
- Funding for rural health research from the Australian Research Council : A missed opportunity?
- Creator
- McDonald, John
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/34519
- Identifier
- vital:1935
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1584.2009.01055.x
- Identifier
- ISSN:1038-5282
- Abstract
- Objective: To determine the number of projects, and level of funding, for rural health research from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Design: Analyses of ARC searchable datasets of completed, and new and ongoing projects from 2001 to 2008. Main outcome measures: Number of rural health research projects as a proportion of total funding; level of funding for rural health research projects as a proportion of total funding. Results: Only 46 of 6498 ARC completed projects were classified as rural health research projects. This represents 0.7% of the total number of projects, and 0.39% of the total funding allocated. Only 25 of 4659 ARC new and ongoing projects were classified as rural health research projects. This represents 0.54% of the total number of projects, and 0.27% of the total funding allocated. None of the 832 completed fellowships were classified as rural health. Only five (0.52%) of the 953 new and ongoing fellowships were classified as rural health. Conclusions: The level of under-funding for rural health research could be partially addressed by directing applications towards the ARC, in addition to the National Health and Medical Research Council. With a few exceptions, rural health researchers are not yet competitive in the national funding arena. © 2009 The Author Journal compilation © 2009 National Rural Health Alliance Inc.
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 17, no. 3 (2009), p. 124-128
- Rights
- Copyright Blackwell Publishing
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Australian Research Council; Research; Rural health
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