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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... assisting NIH to move from strength to strength. Harold T. Shapiro, Chair Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health Acknowledgments This report is the product of many individuals. We Preface ix.
... assisting NIH to move from strength to strength. Harold T. Shapiro, Chair Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health Acknowledgments This report is the product of many individuals. We Preface ix.
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... individuals. We would like to thank all those people and organizations that provided information and opinions to the committee. A list may be found in Appendix A of this report. Some of the descriptive information in this report was ...
... individuals. We would like to thank all those people and organizations that provided information and opinions to the committee. A list may be found in Appendix A of this report. Some of the descriptive information in this report was ...
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... individual scientists as the main sources of new discoveries, and the reliance on the competitive review system for determining awards will be essential to NIH's continuing success. The fact that NIH has been working well does not mean ...
... individual scientists as the main sources of new discoveries, and the reliance on the competitive review system for determining awards will be essential to NIH's continuing success. The fact that NIH has been working well does not mean ...
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... individual ICs' intramural and extramural research programs. It should also include partnerships with the nonprofit and private sectors. Specifically, the Committee recommends that several intramural and extramural programs be combined ...
... individual ICs' intramural and extramural research programs. It should also include partnerships with the nonprofit and private sectors. Specifically, the Committee recommends that several intramural and extramural programs be combined ...
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... individual IC directors about the participation of each unit in the planned trans-NIH initiatives and the portion of their budgets so directed. Congress should include budget targets in the appropriations report language. The Committee ...
... individual IC directors about the participation of each unit in the planned trans-NIH initiatives and the portion of their budgets so directed. Congress should include budget targets in the appropriations report language. The Committee ...
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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