Related Pages NIH Roadmap for Medical Research Web site for the NIH Roadmap. Subscribe to the NIH Roadmap E-mail List Add your name to the NIH Roadmap Listserv to receive up-to-date information on Roadmap funding opportunities. OPASI NIH Office of Portfolio Analysis and Strategic Initiatives Annual Planning and Selection Process for NIH Roadmap

The overarching goal of all Roadmap initiatives is to accelerate the discovery and translation of scientific knowledge into public health benefits. The Roadmap is conceived of as a five- to ten-year "incubator space" for NIH initiatives that meet all of the following criteria:

• Is the proposed initiative truly transforming - could it dramatically affect how biomedical and/or behavioral research is conducted over the next decade?



• Will the outcomes from the proposed initiatives synergistically promote and advance the individual missions of NIH ICs to benefit health?



• Does the proposed initiative require participation from NIH as a whole and/or does it address an area(s) of science that does not clearly fall within the mission of any one IC or OD program office?



• Is the proposed initiative something that no other entity is likely or able to do, and is there a public health benefit to having the results of the research in the public domain?

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