Recommendation 5
a. Scientific Directors would support individual laboratories or research programs, sharing with the faculty member(s) the planning and oversight of research projects, engaging in hands-on research of their own, and participating in day-to-day guidance and mentoring of trainees. b. [Research Technology] Directors would oversee specialized technologies and facilities, mentoring and supervising researchers on the operation of the instruments, and using their deep expertise to adapt the instrumentation to fulfill specialized functions needed by research colleagues, virtually inventing new technologies. These two career tracks would fill gaps and increase the capacity and efficiency of NIH-sponsored research, while establishing academic careers for talented scientists who are essential to the modern research enterprise. Academic institutions would cover part of the salaries for these new positions, as with the cost-sharing practices long-established for faculty salaries. Some new NIH funding would be required, but costs would be partially offset by the declining number of postdocs in academia.
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