About the NHGRI Long-Range Planning Process
NHGRI has been guided, since the inception of the Human Genome Project in 1990, by a sequential series of plans, each of which has been developed with considerable input from the scientific community. These plans have always laid out ambitious goals and measurable objectives to gauge progress. It has been six years since the last plan, Vision for the Future of Human Genome Research.
That document has actually worn quite well. Nevertheless, the phenomenal advances that have marked genomics and have allowed genomic applications to transform many important fields, make it a good time for us to step back and take a new look at genomics and its future.
As in previous planning exercises, workshops will be a major component of this one. A new feature of the 2009-2010 process will be Web-based conversations on genome.gov. One set of discussions will involve a set of white papers. NHGRI is seeking as much input as others are willing to provide through all the means available, including:
- White papers
- Public comment through the Web site
- Workshops
- Webinars
- A summary meeting
The planning process will occur in phases:
Phase 1 is Open Now. We are drafting a set of white papers (currently there are four) that address topics that NHGRI staff and community members have identified as important to the planning process. As the first stage of the white paper process, we ask you to comment on the questions being posed, to ensure that we develop the right set of questions.
Phase 1 will last until February 27, 2009 for the first four white papers.
Phase 2: Once a mature set of questions has been established, the community will be asked, in Phase 2, to provide responses to the posed questions and to suggest what additional means are needed to obtain necessary input. For the first four white papers, Phase II will start in late March 2009 and continue through May 2009.
To stimulate discussion, comments received will be posted for viewing. Once all comments have been received through this white-paper process, the input gathered will be analyzed by NHGRI and, if appropriate, used to generate approaches (such as a revised white paper or a workshop) to obtain additional input about each topic over the course of the remainder of 2009 and the first half of 2010.
For more information about the NHGRI planning process, please contact:
Susan Vasquez
Special Assistant to the Acting Director
National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
E-mail: vasquezs@mail.nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-0844
Fax: 301-402-0837
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Last Updated: February 27, 2009
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