Scientific opportunities and public needs : improving priority setting and public input at the National Institutes of Health / Committee on the NIH Research Priority-Setting Process, Health Sciences Policy Program, Health Sciences Section, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Health Sciences Policy Program. Committee on the NIH Research Priority-Setting Process.

Contributor:

Health Sciences Policy Program (U.S.). Health Sciences Section. Committee on the NIH Research Priority-Setting Process.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)--Appropriations and expenditures.

National Institutes of Health (U.S.).

Medicine--Research--Government policy--United States--Citizen participation.

Medicine.

Public health--Research--Government policy--United States--Citizen participation.

Public health.

Federal aid to medical research--United States.

Federal aid to medical research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the single largest funder of health research in the United States, and research it has supported has been pivotal to the explosion of biomedical knowledge over the past century. As NIH's success has grown, so has pressure from advocacy groups and other members of the public to devote more spending to their health concerns. In response to a request from Congress, this IOM study reviewed NIH's research priority-setting process and made recommendations for possible improvement. The committee considered the: Factors and criteria used by NIH to make funding allocations. Process by which the funding decisions are made. Mechanisms for public input. Impact of congressional statutory directives on funding decisions. Among other recommendations, the book recommends that NIH seek broader public input on decisions about how to spend its nearly $14 billion budget; it also urged the agency to create new Offices of Public Liaison in the Office of the Director and in each of the 21 research institutes to allow interested people to formally take part in the process.

Contents:

Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs

Copyright

REVIEWERS

Preface

Acronyms

Contents

Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs

Executive Summary

CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY SETTING

PRIORITY-SETTING PROCESSES

MECHANISMS FOR PUBLIC INPUT

CONGRESSIONAL ROLE

1 Introduction

BACKGROUND

Funding Allocation by Institute and Center

Funding Allocation by Mechanism

Funding Allocation by Type of Research

Funding Allocation by Disease

RECENT TRENDS AND ISSUES

IOM COMMITTEE PROCESS

ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT

2 Criteria for Priority Setting

WHY CRITERIA ARE IMPORTANT

NIH'S CRITERIA FOR PRIORITY SETTING

Criterion 1. Public Health Needs

Criterion 2. Quality of Research Supported

Criterion 3. Scientific Opportunity

Criterion 4. Portfolio Diversification

Criterion 5. Adequate Infrastructure Support

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

3 Priority-Setting Processes

PRIORITY SETTING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS

NIH DIRECTOR'S ROLE IN PRIORITY SETTING

Transfer Authority

Discretionary Fund

NIH Areas of Research Emphasis

Advisory Committee to the Director

PRIORITY SETTING AT THE INSTITUTE LEVEL

4 Mechanisms for Public Input

PUBLIC INPUT INTO PRIORITY SETTING

RECENT CHANGES

TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NIH AND THE PUBLIC

Offices of Public Liaison: Rationale, Roles, and Responsibilities

Director's Council of Public Representatives: Rationale, Roles, and Responsibilities

Policy and Program Advisory Group Membership

Summary

5 Congressional Role

CONGRESS AND NIH

How Congress Communicates Priorities

Appropriations Process

Authorization Process

References

Appendixes.

A Federal Advisory Committees of the National Institutes of Health

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

WARREN GRANT MAGNUSON CLINICAL CENTER

JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES

CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC REVIEW

B Acknowledgments

PANELISTS

WRITTEN COMMENTS

Individuals

Organizations

INTERVIEWS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

C National Institutes of Health Funding Tables

D Committee and Staff Biographies

COMMITTEE BIOGRAPHIES

STAFF BIOGRAPHIES.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).

ISBN:

9786610186853

9781280186851

1280186852

9780309591959

0309591953

9780585022000

0585022003

OCLC:

70773123