Hello Division 28 members,
As detailed below, NIH recently published their new strategic plan for 2012-2025 and APA is requesting comments from each division to ensure that behavioral sciences are appropriately represented. This is an important opportunity for us to highlight the work/interests of our divisional members.
The comments are due soon – on March 13th at the latest. So, if you have comments on one or more of the topics outlined in NIH’s strategic plan, please send them to me (wlynch@virginia.edu) as soon as possible, but by March 9th at the latest. I will then work with members of our executive committee to summarize a statement for our Division.
Thanks, Wendy
Wendy J. Lynch, Ph.D.
President, APA Division 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse)
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
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From: Kobor, Pat <pkobor@apa.org>
Subject: Make sure psychological research is part of the new NIH Strategic Plan
Dear colleagues: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) just published a framework (organizational structure) for a new strategic plan for the years 2021 - 2025. Although written at a general level, the plan when complete will highlight the types of research NIH prioritizes. It is vitally important that behavioral and social sciences research be well represented in the plan. NIH is the largest funder of health research in the U.S. with a current budget of $41.7 billion dispersed through 27 institutes and centers.
We at APA are asking representatives from your division to examine the framework and provide some vetted comments that can inform APA’s overall comments to the plan. NIH is allowing less than a month for stakeholders to respond. We are asking you to send comments to Geoff Mumford, PhD (gmumford@apa.org) no later than March 13, 2020. Below is the plan’s outline. As you can see from the headings, these are areas in which psychological scientists have much to contribute. Click here to check the current strategic plan to see how NIH is filling the framework now. Are any topics missing? Are there any current findings of behavioral or social sciences research that NIH should use as examples in these sections? This is our opportunity to suggest material with no constraints. We will likely see a draft plan later in the year.
Draft NIH Strategic Plan Framework
Cross-Cutting Themes
- Increasing, Enhancing, and Supporting Diversity
- Improving Women’s Health and Minority Health, and Reducing Health Disparities
- Optimizing Data Science and the Development of Technologies and Tools
- Promoting Collaborative Science
- Addressing Public Health Challenges Across the Lifespan
Objective 1: Advancing Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
- Driving Foundational Science
- Preventing Disease and Promoting Health
- Developing Treatments, Interventions, and Cures
Objective 2: Developing, Maintaining, and Renewing Scientific Research Capacity
- Cultivating the Biomedical Research Workforce
- Supporting Research Resources and Infrastructure
Objective 3: Exemplifying and Promoting the Highest Level of Scientific Integrity, Public Accountability, and Social Responsibility in the Conduct of Science
- Fostering a Culture of Good Scientific Stewardship
- Leveraging Partnerships
- Ensuring Accountability and Confidence in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
- Optimizing Operations
We very much appreciate your taking a few moments to give this plan some thought. Please note that other NIH-related plans are going to be made available for comment soon. The NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research is asking for suggestions and feedback. And we expect strategic plans for the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and for the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Your members are APA’s experts and we are grateful for your time and attention to these important plans that are so important for our science.
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