The Lowitja Institute is a collaborative research organisation that brings together Aboriginal organisations, research institutions and government agencies to facilitate evidence-based research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

The Institute will host the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (CRCATSIH) and will eventually take over its research program in June 2014, thereby providing a permanent organisation for Indigenous health research. Beyond June 2014 the Institute will fund research and implement programs in its own right.