Give Us Your Ideas for NIDCR’s Next Strategic Plan

Your answers to the questions below will help guide us in developing a new Strategic Plan for 2009-2013.

Comments must be received no later than July 11, 2008.

1. Looking forward, should NIDCR increase its use of targeted research to ensure that key research areas with promise are addressed? If so, what priority areas would you recommend that NIDCR pursue? Targeted research is research solicited by the Institute via initiatives, RFAs or RFPs.

2. In your view, what are the truly “transformative” areas that could have the greatest benefit for advancing dental research?

3. What can be done to augment and accelerate the role and significance of dental and craniofacial research in the growing framework of translational research?

4. What should be NIDCR’s position on funding “high-risk/high-reward research"? What in your view constitutes "high-risk/high-reward"?

5. In realistic terms, what can -- and should -- NIDCR do to expand and enhance the “pipeline” for new dental and craniofacial researchers?

6. Please provide any additional input that you think would be useful to NIDCR in developing its 2009 - 2013 Strategic Plan.