About NICS

The National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) is part of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's leading funding body for health and medical research. The NHMRC also provides government, health professionals and the community with expert and independent advice on a range of issues that directly affect the health and well being of all people in Australia.

NICS' role within the NHMRC is to improve health care by getting the best available evidence from health and medical research into everyday practice.

NICS' approach includes working with funders, researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders to establish where evidence-practice gaps exist; raising awareness of these gaps and supporting health professionals to understand and overcome the barriers to applying evidence within Australian health care settings.

We do this by working in partnership with clinical groups and health care organisations to test implementation methods in areas where there are important evidence-practice gaps. We also make resources to assist evidence uptake easily accessible and provide opportunities for clinicians to increase knowledge and skills relevant to improving evidence uptake.

For more information, please visit the NICS website www.nhmrc.gov.au/nics