NHLBI Seeks Input On Future Research
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Tanya Zlateva, dean ad interim of Metropolitan College, attended a continuing and online education forum hosted by the Education Advisory Board on March 29.
The National Science Foundation featured College of Arts & Sciences Professor David Marchant’s Antarctica research on its Science360 blog this week.
NHLBI SEEKS INPUT ON FUTURE RESEARCH
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health is requesting feedback as it develops a new strategic vision that will be published next year. In particular, NHLBI is looking for “compelling questions and critical challenges” to better achieve its four strategic goals of promoting human health, reducing human disease, advancing translational research, and developing a better workforce and public resources. Comments are due by May 15, with the goal of releasing draft scientific priorities for further comment later this summer.
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DARPA OUTLINES RESEARCH PRIORITIES
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released its biennialBreakthrough Technologies for National Security report on March 26, in which the agency projects what its research priorities will be in coming years. The report identifies speed — the need to be faster in all areas of mission preparation and execution — as a key theme. DARPA singles out four areas of focus: developing more efficient and nimble military systems, improving management of big data, using biological technologies, and continuing to push technological boundaries.
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NIMH RELEASES PLAN FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) at the National Institutes of Health released its five-year strategic plan on March 26. The report will serve as a road map to inform the Institute’s research priorities and funding solicitations in coming years. NIMH has four primary objectives it plans to pursue: define complex behavior mechanisms, identify mental illness trajectories to determine the best intervention strategies, aim for mental illness prevention and cures, and increase the public health impact of the research it funds.