Table 1 Contextual information on five public and population health research funding organisations, 2017

Type of organisation (foundation, agency, etc.)

National research funding and guidance organisation under the responsibility of the Minister for Health and the Minister for Sport

Public consortium of 26 health research funders and other research stakeholders; not incorporated as its own legal entity; hosted by national medical research institute

Public institute; research arm of the National Health Service

Global charitable foundation

National charitable foundation

Governance structure

NHMRC Council

Principal Committees: Research Committee, Health Translation Advisory Committee, Health Innovation Advisory Committee, and the Australian Health Ethics Committee

Steering Committee (comité directeur)

Director and deputy director

Symbiotic governance: Aviesan (Alliance for life sciences and health) Public Health Institute has the responsibility for developing the overall public health research strategy and representing the public health research community. The same director leads both IReSP and Aviesan Public Health.

Senior Management Team of the Science, Research and Evidence Directorate at the Department of Health

NIHR Advisory Board

NIHR Strategy Board

Each research programme has a director

The NIHR PHRP has two boards – the Programme Advisory Board and Research Funding Board

Board of Governors

Executive Leadership Team

Expert Review Groups for thematic areas

Each priority area has an Advisory Committee

Board of Trustees

Executive Office

Each signature research programme is run by a National Coordinating Center and has its own Advisory Board