The Lowitja Institute is in part funded as a Co-operative Research Centre and ensures that research projects consider research translation from the very start. What is the Lowitja Institute? The current round of projects are across the following areas: The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC community capability and the social determinant of health; sits within the Lowitja Institute, a not-for-profit organisation limited enabling policy and system; and by guarantee. It is one of the co-operative research centres funded by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, through its Co-operative needs and opportunities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health Research Centres grant program. workforce. Research Translation Activities The LICRC brings together the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, government health agencies and research organisations to ensure that The mandates that knowledge exchange requirements are contained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research is controlled by, and within all research projects. These include: directly benefits, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. a knowledge exchange schedule being attached to all research contracts; a proportion of each research project’s funding is identified for How does the operate? knowledge exchange activities; and The LICRC has existed in several forms over the last decade with variations a Exchange Coordinator’ has been appointed to liaise with ‘Knowledge in their name, funding levels and objectives each time the CRC’s funding researchers. comes up for renewal. This is detailed in the table below. Along with this, the organisation holds an extensive range of research translation resources for public use on their website. Year Title Funding 1997 - 2003 No. 66 - CRC for Aboriginal and $11.18 By allocating specific funding for research translation and contractually Tropical million incorporating knowledge exchange into their research projects, the LICRC Health 2003 - 2010 No. 124 - CRC for Aboriginal Health $21.13 million ensures that research translation an integral role in their research $25 million 2010 - 2014 No. 178 - CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health $21.14 projects. million 2014 - 2019 No. 208 - The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC The LICRC partners with research organisations, universities and community organisations to undertake research programs. Each research program is overseen by a project committee containing experts from the substantive field
The Lowitja Institute is in part funded as a Co-operative Research Centre and ensures that research projects consider research translation from the very start. What is the Lowitja Institute? The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC sits within the Lowitja Institute, a not-for-profit organisation limited by guarantee. It is one of the co-operative research centres funded by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, through its Co-operative Research Centres grant program. The LICRC brings together the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, government health agencies and research organisations to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research is controlled by, and directly benefits, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. How does the operate? The LICRC has existed in several forms over the last decade with variations in their name, funding levels and objectives each time the CRC’s funding comes up for renewal. This is detailed in the table below. Year Title Funding The current round of projects are across the following areas: community capability and the social determinant of health; enabling policy and system; and needs and opportunities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce. Research Translation Activities The mandates that knowledge exchange requirements are contained within all research projects. These include: a knowledge exchange schedule being attached to all research contracts; a proportion of each research project’s funding is identified for knowledge exchange activities; and a ‘Knowledge Exchange Coordinator’ has been appointed to liaise with researchers. Along with this, the organisation holds an extensive range of research translation resources for public use on their website. 1997 - 2003 No. 66 - CRC for Aboriginal and Tropical Health $11.18 million By allocating specific funding for research translation and contractually incorporating knowledge exchange into their research projects, the LICRC 2003 - 2010 No. 124 - CRC for Aboriginal Health $21.13 million ensures that research translation an integral role in their research 2010 - 2014 No. 178 - CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 2014 - 2019 No. 208 - The Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health CRC $21.14 million $25 million projects. The LICRC partners with research organisations, universities and community organisations to undertake research programs. Each research program is overseen by a project committee containing experts from the substantive field