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1 Introduction and Overview
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From page 13... ... Congress included language in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act2 requiring the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to produce 1 In this report, "biomedical" refers to the full range of biological, biomedical, behavioral, and health sciences supported by the National Institutes of Health. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... In addition, Congress included in the 21st Century Cures Act of 20163 a section titled "Investing in the Next Generation of Researchers" that requires the NIH director to "[p] romote policies and programs within the National Institutes of Health that are focused on improving opportunities for new researchers and promoting earlier research independence, including existing policies and programs, as appropriate" and to "develop, modify, or prioritize policies, as needed, within the National Institutes of Health to promote opportunities for new researchers and earlier research independence, such as policies to increase opportunities for new researchers to receive funding, enhance training and mentorship programs for researchers, and enhance workforce diversity." The bill also called for the NIH director to "take into consideration the recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as part of the comprehensive study on policies affecting the next generation of researchers." As a result of that directive, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW) Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... Such barriers may include inadequate career guidance and support, insufficient access to fellowships and traineeships that would provide broad exposure to research experi ences, inability to compete successfully for initial research grant awards, and postdoctoral experiences that limit options for pursuing independent research careers; 2. n evaluation of the impact of federal policies and budgets, including A federal agency policies and procedures regarding research grant awards, on opportunities for prospective researchers to successfully transition into independent research careers and to secure their all-important first and second major research grants; and 3. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... Furthermore, recognizing that the rest of the world is not sitting still, and to gain perspective on the issues facing other biomedical research systems around the world and their approaches in addressing concerns about their early independent investigators, the committee commissioned expert reports on policies under way to improve the next generation of research in five other regions: Canada, China, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. The authors of these reports presented their findings to the committee, and their analyses informed deliberations.4 As an additional means to gather input, the committee released a "Dear C olleague" letter, inviting the biomedical research community at large to provide input on recommendations proposed in the published literature (see ppendix C) Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... For ease of narrative, the committee refers to the biomedical sciences or biomedical research through this report; however, this report extends as well to the full range of health sciences supported by NIH. Although most of the training and NIH-funded research in the biomedical sciences is conducted at research universities, the recommendations put forth in this report, except where specified, extend to the broader spectrum of research institutions outside of academia or private industry where the next generation of biomedical researchers is trained and where research is conducted. Read the entire page →

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... Congress included language in the 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act2 requiring the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to enter into an agreement with the National Academies to produce 1 In this report, "biomedical" refers to the full range of biological, biomedical, behavioral, and health sciences supported by the National Institutes of Health.

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From page 14...

... In addition, Congress included in the 21st Century Cures Act of 20163 a section titled "Investing in the Next Generation of Researchers" that requires the NIH director to "[p] romote policies and programs within the National Institutes of Health that are focused on improving opportunities for new researchers and promoting earlier research independence, including existing policies and programs, as appropriate" and to "develop, modify, or prioritize policies, as needed, within the National Institutes of Health to promote opportunities for new researchers and earlier research independence, such as policies to increase opportunities for new researchers to receive funding, enhance training and mentorship programs for researchers, and enhance workforce diversity." The bill also called for the NIH director to "take into consideration the recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as part of the comprehensive study on policies affecting the next generation of researchers." As a result of that directive, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW)

Read the entire page →

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... Such barriers may include inadequate career guidance and support, insufficient access to fellowships and traineeships that would provide broad exposure to research experi ences, inability to compete successfully for initial research grant awards, and postdoctoral experiences that limit options for pursuing independent research careers; 2. n evaluation of the impact of federal policies and budgets, including A federal agency policies and procedures regarding research grant awards, on opportunities for prospective researchers to successfully transition into independent research careers and to secure their all-important first and second major research grants; and 3.

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From page 16...

... Furthermore, recognizing that the rest of the world is not sitting still, and to gain perspective on the issues facing other biomedical research systems around the world and their approaches in addressing concerns about their early independent investigators, the committee commissioned expert reports on policies under way to improve the next generation of research in five other regions: Canada, China, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Singapore. The authors of these reports presented their findings to the committee, and their analyses informed deliberations.4 As an additional means to gather input, the committee released a "Dear C olleague" letter, inviting the biomedical research community at large to provide input on recommendations proposed in the published literature (see ppendix C)

Read the entire page →

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... For ease of narrative, the committee refers to the biomedical sciences or biomedical research through this report; however, this report extends as well to the full range of health sciences supported by NIH. Although most of the training and NIH-funded research in the biomedical sciences is conducted at research universities, the recommendations put forth in this report, except where specified, extend to the broader spectrum of research institutions outside of academia or private industry where the next generation of biomedical researchers is trained and where research is conducted.

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1 Introduction and Overview Pages 13-18

1 Introduction and Overview
Pages 13-18