The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) acknowledges the support and thoughtful input from the members of its National Advisory Research Resources Council and hundreds of investigators and administrators across the biomedical research community. Their contributions and insights, provided through the NCRR Web site or at the December 2007 Strategic Planning Forum, were essential for setting NCRR’s future priorities to facilitate translational and clinical research. NCRR’s Strategic Plan 2009–2013: Translating Research from Basic Discovery to Improved Patient Care will serve as the framework for NCRR’s programmatic activities over the next five years. The Strategic Plan will guide NCRR’s priorities for investments in research capacity, biological models, technology development, informatics approaches, workforce development, and partnership strategies.
To ensure that this Strategic Plan is effectively executed, NCRR is actively preparing an Implementation and Progress Report that will provide updates on how the action items are being met. NCRR will continue to enlist the help of the research community to produce the desired results in the coming years.