Overview
To unleash the creativity of the research community
Recommendation 1 Reinvent merit review
Pilot a two-stage review process in which the first phase requires only a one-page application focused on the creativity and potential impact of the proposal and not include the applicant’s name and institution. The second phase would then evaluate a full application, shortened to tighten attention on the significance and promise of the proposed ideas. These changes will maximize identification of the most innovative research ideas with the greatest potential for broad impact. Recommendation 2 Develop and apply data science and artificial intelligence technologies across all of NIH Invest in data science and artificial intelligence across all NIH Institutes and Centers. This cross-NIH emphasis will unlock researchers’ ability to discover patterns and correlations across biological systems from molecules to populations, revealing mechanisms of disease, facilitating design and development of treatments, predicting individual probabilities of contracting disease, and contributing to potential cures. Recommendation 3 Incentivize research that crosses Institute/Center boundaries Expand the Director’s Common Fund to establish and support research opportunities that cross Institute and Center boundaries. Each of the Institutes and Centers of the NIH will be more efficient and effective with this mechanism to incentivize coopera - tion and collaboration among them.
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