Nominate to become a FHRI Fund Advisory Council Member

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05/12/2025

In accordance with the Western Australian (WA) Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund Act 2012 (the Act), the Minister for Medical Research invites expressions of interest (EOIs) from suitably qualified, WA based people, to fill the following two FHRI Fund Advisory Council Member vacancies:

  • a member with experience dealing with issues related to the health of Aboriginal people living in WA
  • a member with expertise in health and medical research in WA

The Advisory Council plays a pivotal role advising the WA government on the strategic direction and funding allocations that drive health and medical research and innovation in WA. Established under Section 4G of the Act, the Advisory Council leads strategy and priority development for the FHRI Fund and provides expert recommendations and assurance to ensure transparent and strategically aligned investment in health and medical research, innovation and commercialisation to achieve the object of the Act.

Approximately 3 to 4 Advisory Council meetings are held per year and members may also be required to participate in out of session activity. Members who are not public sector employees may be eligible for remuneration and member terms will be two years with the possibility of extension.

The current two vacancies also require participation on the respective FHRI Fund Standing Expert Committees (FHRI Fund Aboriginal Health Expert Committee and the FHRI Fund Research Expert Committee) which meet approximately two times per year.

Additional details are provided in the attached overview of Advisory Council roles and responsibilities while further information on the operation of the FHRI Fund scheme and governance model is available from the FHRI Fund website.

Interested persons are invited to submit an EOI using the online form below, noting you will be asked to:

  • upload a one-page statement identifying the Advisory Council member position in which you are expressing an interest and describing your experience and expertise relevant to that role (particularly in consideration of the Advisory Council Roles and Responsibilities document)
  • upload a CV of no more than two pages using the following headings:
  1. Title
  2. Full name
  3. Postal address
  4. Contact telephone number
  5. Email address
  6. Date of birth
  7. Current employer and position
  8. Work history relevant to Advisory Council member position
  9. Voluntary involvement relevant to Advisory Council member position
  10. Qualifications/training
  11. Other Board experience (list all current and past positions)
  12. Current contact details of two (2) Referees 
  • [Referee One] must provide name, job title, organisation, email and contact number
  • [Referee Two] must provide name, job title, organisation, email and contact number

Expressions of Interest must be submitted using the online submission form by 8:00am AWST Monday 19 January 2026

   EOI SUBMISSION FORM

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