@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Advancing the Nation's Health Needs: NIH Research Training Programs", isbn = "978-0-309-09427-6", abstract = "The National Institutes of Health\u2019s role in supporting research has long been recognized\nas a major factor in advancing the health needs in the nation and the world. The\nNational Research Council was charged with the responsibility of periodically assessing\nthe National Institutes of Health\u2019s National Research Service Awards program, thus this\nbook is the twelfth edition in the series. While the National Research Service Awards\nprogram now supports only a fraction of the training in the biomedical, clinical,\nbehavioral, and social sciences, it sets a high standard for the training in all doctoral\nprograms in these fields. Also included are the training needs of oral health, nursing,\nand health services research. This book has been broadly constructed to take into\naccount the rapidly evolving national and international health care needs. The past\nand present are analyzed and predictions with regard to future needs are presented.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11275/advancing-the-nations-health-needs-nih-research-training-programs", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Bronwyn H. Hall and Stephen A. Merrill", title = "Research and Development Data Needs: Proceedings of a Workshop", isbn = "978-0-309-09615-7", abstract = "This report contains the proceedings of a one-day workshop organized by the National Research Council\u2019s Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), in conjunction with a study by a panel of the NRC Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT). This combined activity was commissioned by the Science Resources Statistics Division (SRS) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to recommend improvements in the Foundation\u2019s portfolio of surveys of research and development spending by the federal government, state governments, private industry, the nation\u2019s universities and colleges, and other nonprofit institutions.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11250/research-and-development-data-needs-proceedings-of-a-workshop", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine", title = "Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments", isbn = "978-0-309-09297-5", abstract = "In 2004, an ad hoc committee was charged with preparing this third report examining the most senior S&T appointments to federal government positions and updating the accompanying list of the most urgent S&T presidential appointments. Sufficient changes have occurred since the National Academies 2000 report on presidential appointments\u2014including the 2001 terrorist attacks, the anthrax deaths, the reorganization of homeland-security activities in the federal government, new developments in S&T, and concerns about the politicization of S&T decision making and advice\u2014to warrant this new edition. In contrast with previous reports on the subject, this one covers not only presidential appointments to top S&T leadership positions but also the appointment of scientists, engineers, and health professionals to serve on federal advisory committees that focus on science-based policy or on the review of research proposals. The committee recognizes that other areas of federal responsibility are as important as S&T, but S&T appointments are the only ones within its purview.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11152/science-and-technology-in-the-national-interest-ensuring-the-best", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine", title = "Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research", isbn = "978-0-309-09435-1", abstract = "Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research examines current interdisciplinary research efforts and recommends ways to stimulate and support such research. \n\nAdvances in science and engineering increasingly require the collaboration of scholars from various fields. This shift is driven by the need to address complex problems that cut across traditional disciplines, and the capacity of new technologies to both transform existing disciplines and generate new ones. At the same time, however, interdisciplinary research can be impeded by policies on hiring, promotion, tenure, proposal review, and resource allocation that favor traditional disciplines.\n\nThis report identifies steps that researchers, teachers, students, institutions, funding organizations, and disciplinary societies can take to more effectively conduct, facilitate, and evaluate interdisciplinary research programs and projects. Throughout the report key concepts are illustrated with case studies and results of the committee\u2019s surveys of individual researchers and university provosts. \n", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11153/facilitating-interdisciplinary-research", year = 2005, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }