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2: National Health and Medical Research Council support

National Health and Medical Research Council support (Medical Research Committee and Public Health Research and Development Committee) for independent Australian medical research institutes in 1997. The Table shows funding to the institutes that received over $1 million, and the pie chart shows the proportion of funding which went to each State for institutes receiving over $100000. Block funded institutes are in navy.


Institute*		Funding
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research		$8 734 886
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine	(VIC)	$5 505 888
Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QLD)		$5 074 825
Baker Medical Research Institute (VIC)		$3 867 270
Garvan Institute of Medical Research (NSW)		$3 160 426
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (SA)		$2 512 943
Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research (VIC)		$2 213 840
Austin Research Institute (VIC)		$1 921 221
St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (VIC)		$1 378 988
Murdoch Institute for Research into Birth Defects (VIC)		$1 289 629
Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine (NSW)		$1 175 266
Menzies School of Health Research (NT)		$1 120 386
Children's Medical Research Institute (NSW)		$1 013 361
Mental Health Research Institute (VIC)		$1 008 828

* Some medical research institutes which administer their grants through affiliated universities are not listed.

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