A Healthy NIH Intramural Program Structural Change or Administrative Remedies? Report of a Study (1988) / Chapter Skim
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○ A high quality intramural program is a distinctive and valuable component of the nation's overall biomedical research effort. ○ The quality of the program, however, varies by scientific sub-field.
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MISSION OF THE INTRAMURAL PROGRAM As a government laboratory, the intramural program has multiple roles in support of the NIH mission of improving the health of the nation through biomedical research. The program's activities include basic research, clinical research, training scientists, communicating research findings, developing policies on biomedical research priorities, and translating research findings into more effective medical care.
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Please use the print version of this publication as the authoritative version for attribution. government laboratory focused on biomedical research.
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The committee believes it is particularly important that accountability to a disinterested body, external to the intramural program and institutes, has oversight responsibility to ensure the integrity of the review process. The committee does not recommend that the intramural program adopt the procedures by which the extramural competitive grants are evaluated.
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Increased Flexibility in Personnel Administration Believing that the scientific leaders of NIH need greater flexibility to be successful in competitive labor markets, the committee recommends that Congress authorize NIH to develop and implement a personnel demonstration project tailored to overcome the deficiencies of the current system. The project should feature: ○ a simplified hiring classification and pay administration authority similar to a demonstration now being conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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The committee believes that efforts to micromanage NIH from the Office of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary for Health are counterproductive and cause NIH to be inefficient in carrying out its mission. Therefore, the committee recommends that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services delegate to the Director of NIH the authority to make decisions on administrative matters without being subject to review by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health.
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The committee believes, however, that disinterested review of the intramural research programs and assurance of implementation of reasonable recommendations also is essential to credible quality assurance. Two recommendations address the review and resource allocation process.
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possible under the recommended personnel demonstration program. An NIH Scholars Program A major barrier for scientific directors trying to maintain a flow of fresh ideas into their programs is difficulty in recruiting highly talented scientists at the assistant professor level who would then have an opportunity to pursue their own research initiatives.
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