At The Kids Research Institute Australia our vision is simple – happy healthy KIDS.
Our purpose is to find solutions to improve the health and happiness of children and young people everywhere.
Our new 10-year Strategic Plan, RESEARCH REIMAGINED, sets out our vision for even greater impact.
A key driver in the plan is that we not only do research, but as an organisation we take responsibility for supporting our research to deliver impactful outcomes.
The plan is built around three pillars:
- Focus: We will focus our research on solving a defined set of priority problems where we are uniquely placed to add value.
- Impact: We will deliver tangible solutions with pathways to impact, and grow our research pipeline for tomorrow’s breakthroughs
- Thrive: We will build security for our people and future through an empowered culture, effective governance, diversified funding and streamlined operations
Under the plan, our research environment will transition to one that it is more structured around delivering results rather than being driven by grant income.
We also want to see more challenge-driven research – science that begins either with a clear question or a clear endpoint in mind. But this will not be at the expense of curiosity-driven, investigator-initiated science, which will always be a core of what we do, because it provides the pipeline for tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
Critically, The Kids will continue to have an overarching commitment to address the inequity of the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal children and families.