National Health and Medical Research Council
National Health and Medical Research Council
Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 613
- Contract value (all years): 190,183,428 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 4,253,181 AUD
- APS headcount: 277
- Budget 2026-27: 1,137,637 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 607,449 AUD
- Directory roles: 7
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-25 — Defence oversight and wellbeing outcomes focus for new advisory group
- 2026-06-15 — Exemptions the biggest feature of Canberra’s new business KPMG ban
- 2026-03-24 — Investment in R&D is the tax reform Australia needs, now
- 2025-11-23 — CSIRO cuts deepen questions about Australia’s drifting research agenda
- 2025-10-30 — Movers & Shakers: International drug body elects TGA boss
- 2024-12-05 — Movers & Shakers: Social Services secretary, R&D review
- 2024-10-21 — Feedback invited for new health-based PFAS drinking water levels
- 2024-07-31 — Prevention or patch-up? Individual responsibility for FASD doesn’t make sense
- 2024-05-22 — Prevention or patch-up? Lack of political will behind failure to build healthy communities
- 2024-05-21 — How open are Australian universities about animal research?
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Health and Medical Research Council | APSC APS Employment Data | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 1,412 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | APSC agency metrics | 2017-18 to 2025-26 | 201 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2017-18 to 2026-27 | 613 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2018-19 to 2023-24 | 46 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | Annual report expenditure | 2018-19 to 2023-24 | 34 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | Annual report governance tables | 2021-22 to 2023-24 | 19 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) ⚠️ | Annual report KMP disclosure | 2022-23 to 2024-25 | 10 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2024-25 to 2029-30 | 60 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) ⚠️ | Annual report governance tables | 2024-25 | 6 |
| National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) ⚠️ | Annual report expenditure | 2024-25 | 7 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (2022-23 to 2024-25). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 22 | $20,114,055 |
| Advertising and campaigns | 4 | $437,056 |
| Consultancy | 15 | $41,952 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital61 Pty Ltd (+2 other name(s) on this ABN) | 42620189862 | $4,512,631 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| F1 SOLUTIONS PTY LTD (+2 other name(s) on this ABN) | 62072832878 | $3,871,560 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Evolve FM Pty Ltd (+2 other name(s) on this ABN) | 52605472580 | $3,302,534 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| SEMANTIC SCIENCES PTY LTD (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 73131377654 | $3,200,320 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25 |
| Hays Specialist Recruitment Pty Ltd (+2 other name(s) on this ABN) | 47001407281 | $3,015,795 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| 1st People Services | 86114814390 | $2,209,610 | 2021-22, 2022-23 |
| Universal McCann | — | $198,557 | 2018-19 |
| Denstu X Australia | — | $125,365 | 2018-19 |
| Think HQ Pty Ltd | — | $65,769 | 2018-19 |
| One Small Step Collective Pty Ltd | — | $47,365 | 2018-19 |
| McGrathNicol (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 34824776937 | $19,492 | 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| Ginnane Consulting | — | $8,500 | 2021-22 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Workforce profile — as at 2025-12-31
| Measure | Value | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| % CALD | 24.2% | at this date |
| % Female | 72.2% | at this date |
| % Indigenous | 1.4% | at this date |
| % at the APS classification level | 57.8% | at this date |
| % non-ongoing | 7.2% | at this date |
| % part-time (ongoing employees) | 13.6% | at this date |
| % who have worked in only one agency (ongoing employees) | 49.8% | at this date |
| % with a bachelors degree or higher | 83.3% | at this date |
| % with a disability | 4.3% | at this date |
| Exit rate - from agency (ongoing employees) | 10.3% | Year ending December 2025 |
| Headcount | 277 | at this date |
| Mean Age (years) | 41.1 years | at this date |
| Median LOS in APS (years) | 6.8 years | at this date |
| Separation rate - from APS (ongoing employees) | 5.1% | at this date |
APSC APS Employment Data, counting this agency including any bodies beneath it. Headcount, not FTE — the APSED release does not publish FTE.
Year by year
| Measure | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APS headcount | 208 | 217 | 217 | 209 | 213 | 230 | 239 | 269 | 277 | |
| Contracts | 1 | 127 | 129 | 92 | 94 | 40 | 59 | 57 | 14 | |
| Contract value | $30,187,350 | $46,829,874 | $27,294,537 | $25,812,485 | $23,375,831 | $18,870,991 | $9,149,996 | $5,826,083 | $2,836,282 | |
| Budget ($000) | 1,065,619 | 1,137,637 | ||||||||
| KMP disclosed | 16 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Top total pay | $517,888 | $562,424 | $554,211 | $548,458 | $474,121 | $607,449 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (2022-23 to 2024-25). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
