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Strategic Plan - A Message from the NIBIB Director

As the first Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), I am pleased to present our inaugural Strategic Plan. This plan is designed to (1) define key goals, (2) optimize the use of resources, and (3) install tools and processes for smart management in order to help achieve our mission and to realize our vision. It is our hope that we will greatly improve health care in our nation and the world through the development and successful application of emerging biomedical technologies.

The goals, strategies, and objectives that are outlined, address the opportunities and challenges facing our Institute. Through strategic planning retreats and group discussions, an NIBIB working group of senior management identified scientific priorities, opportunities, and challenges across the programs of the Institute. This group collaborated with our National Advisory Council, the scientific community, professional organizations, and the public to create this document. For example, the NIBIB hosted several broadly attended scientific planning meetings to obtain feedback from the research community.

The Strategic Plan complements and builds upon planning processes that are already underway within the NIBIB. By design, the plan is not a budget document. Instead, it targets the most promising research goals that might reasonably be achieved within a 5-year time frame and focuses on long-term, trans-agency scientific themes.

Although the initial document is designed to be a multi-year plan, we consider it a work in progress. We will revisit and refine the plan on an annual basis. Goals, strategies, and objectives will continue to evolve and mature through the NIBIB's iterative planning process, conducted in conjunction with our National Advisory Council and our stakeholders.

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