Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 4 Mechanisms for Public Input
  • PUBLIC INPUT INTO PRIORITY SETTING
  • RECENT CHANGES
  • TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NIH AND THE PUBLIC
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 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
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 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.