NIH Reform Act of 2006:
Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps
Subcommittee on Health Hearing
10:00 a.m. in Room 2123
Rayburn House Office Building
Full Committee Chairman
John J.Dingell's Statement (in full-text)
Subcommittee Chairman
Frank Pallone's Statement (PDF File)
WITNESS LIST:
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.,
Director,
National Institutes of Health
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD
LIVE VIDEO LINK, here, on Tuesday.
If time permits, I'll blog both. That is all.
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NIH Reform Act of 2006 -- Reauthorization at a Glance
More than 100 employees at NIH are involved in implementation of the NIH Reform Act of 2006, which has a number of key provisions:
There is a new Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, which keeps an eye on emerging scientific opportunities and challenges. “Reauthorization basically institutionalizes the concept of OPASI (Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives) in law,” Zerhouni said. Included within DPCPSI will be former OD stand-alone components the Office of AIDS Research, Office of Research on Women’s Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Office of Disease Prevention and Office of Rare Diseases, which will continue their missions as authorized.
The Common Fund supports trans-NIH research. “We will grow the fund in relation to our budgets,” Zerhouni commented. “It will be years before the fund reaches [a target goal of] 5 percent of the NIH budget.” He also cautioned, “The Common Fund is not taking money away from anybody. It is providing funds for everybody.”
A new Council of Councils will advise on proposals that would be supported by the Common Fund.
A new Scientific Management Review Board will conduct organizational review of NIH at least every 7 years.
The law requires establishment of an electronic system to uniformly code grants and activities. “This is going to be a challenge,” Zerhouni noted, “but an organization of this size and complexity needs a 21st century portfolio management system. We need better, faster, nimbler, more effective knowledge management systems.”
I think it is that last bit that will be discussed on Tuseday -- the electronic cross-referencing capability of all grants and related activities.
We'll see.
More on this article, here.
And the OLPA Summary, here.
Namaste
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