Health Research Coucil of New Zealand

The Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) is the Government’s principal funding and investment agency for health research. It is responsible for investing government monies allocated for health research. As a Crown entity, the HRC is responsible to both the Minister of Health, and the Minister of Research, Science and Technology. The HRC’s mission is ‘benefiting New Zealand through health research’. This includes support for biomedical and clinical research, public health research, health services research and research which addresses the health needs of Māori and Pacific peoples.

The HRC’s statutory functions include:

* advising the Minister and administering funds in relation to national health research policy
* fostering the recruitment, education, training, and retention of those engaged in health research in New Zealand
* initiating and supporting health research
* undertaking consultation to establish priorities in health research
* promoting and disseminating the results of health research to encourage their contribution to health science, policy and delivery, and
* ensuring the development and application of appropriate assessment standards by committees or subcommittees that assess health research proposals.