Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health: Organizational Change to Meet New ChallengesNational Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health National Academies Press, 2003 M07 29 - 164 pages The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH to devote additional resources to innovative interdisciplinary research that reflects its strategic objectives and cuts across all agency's institutes and centers. The report recommends that Congress should establish a formal process for determining how specific proposals for changes in the number of NIH agencies and centers should be addressed. |
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... Enriqueta C. Bond, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States (former) Steve Hyman, Harvard University Richard D. Klausner, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation David xi Acknowledgments.
... Enriqueta C. Bond, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States (former) Steve Hyman, Harvard University Richard D. Klausner, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation David xi Acknowledgments.
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... funding for these problems and that a consolidation of units would reduce congressional and public support and might not be politically feasible. More generally, recent rapid increases in resources, fundamental shifts on the biomedical ...
... funding for these problems and that a consolidation of units would reduce congressional and public support and might not be politically feasible. More generally, recent rapid increases in resources, fundamental shifts on the biomedical ...
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... fund outstanding research and to ensure that new knowledge will benefit all Americans, the fundamental changes in ... funds to undertake, through the National Academy of Sciences, a study of the structure of NIH. STATEMENT OF TASK In ...
... fund outstanding research and to ensure that new knowledge will benefit all Americans, the fundamental changes in ... funds to undertake, through the National Academy of Sciences, a study of the structure of NIH. STATEMENT OF TASK In ...
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... fund, and manage the best research and training proposals and programs in support of improving health. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF NIH NIH's continuing success has been due largely to its ability to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs ...
... fund, and manage the best research and training proposals and programs in support of improving health. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF NIH NIH's continuing success has been due largely to its ability to adapt to meet the ever-changing needs ...
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... funding from many units for high-priority initiatives that cut across the purviews of individual ICs. Although co-funding of projects by multiple institutes occurs, it is not clear to what extent these projects are true “end-to-end ...
... funding from many units for high-priority initiatives that cut across the purviews of individual ICs. Although co-funding of projects by multiple institutes occurs, it is not clear to what extent these projects are true “end-to-end ...
Contents
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The Changing Nature of Biomedical Science | 51 |
4 The Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health | 67 |
5 Enhancing NIHs Ability to Respond to New Challenges | 83 |
6 Accountability Administration and Leadership | 103 |
7 Putting Principles into Practice | 121 |
References | 129 |
Appendixes | 135 |
APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations | 139 |
APPENDIX C Committee Member Biographies | 143 |
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