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Sponsorship guidelines

Please note: NHMRC has fully allocated its sponsorship expenditure for 2008–09.

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Each year NHMRC allocates a limited amount of money to sponsor events and/or conferences.

NHMRC receives numerous proposals requesting sponsorship. In assessing these proposals, there must be very clear benefits for the NHMRC in providing monetary support.

Sponsorship proposals will be assessed based on merit with each proposal assessed against broadly common selection criteria. In all cases, value for money must be assessed, including whether participant contributions are adequate and conference costs reasonable, so that sponsorship is justified for the NHMRC.

As well as value for money, applications for NHMRC sponsorship are also evaluated on the following:

  • The role the conference/event plays in promoting the best and most relevant health and medical research.
  • The subject area of the event and how closely it aligns with NHMRC’s objectives and strategic direction.
  • Numbers of delegates expected to attend and of those, are they NHMRC stakeholders?
  • Is the event local, national or international?
  • What, if any, participation will the NHMRC have in the event e.g. input into the planning, provision of a speaker etc.
  • What services will the NHMRC receive in return for supporting the event?

Please note that the NHMRC does not provide sponsorship for dinners, fundraising events or the publication of 'coffee-table books'.

Reporting

NHMRC requires all recipients of sponsorship support to sign a contract, and part of that contract specifies that a full report is provided within one month after the sponsored activity or event concludes. This report should detail the benefits received by NHMRC from sponsoring the event including:

  • Stakeholders reached and how this benefited the NHMRC
  • Media coverage that mentioned NHMRC
  • Distribution of NHMRC materials or materials that included mention of NHMRC
  • Any other benefits (direct and indirect) for the NHMRC through sponsorship of the event

Sponsorship request deadlines

Please note that NHMRC has fully allocated its sponsorship expenditure for 2008–09.

Sponsorship requests for 2009–2010 should be received in writing no later than 1 March 2009 and addressed to:

National Events Manager
Strategic Communication Unit
NHMRC
GPO Box 1421
Canberra ACT 2601

email: nhmrc.media@nhmrc.gov.au

All sponsorship requests will receive an initial acknowledgement when they have been received at NHMRC, and a formal response within four weeks after that.

For further information about NHMRC’s sponsorship program please contact the National Events Manager on tel. 02 6217 9346.

 

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