Welcome to the National Research Council

Our mission is to improve government decision making and public policy, increase public understanding, and promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge in matters involving science, engineering, technology, and health. The Research Council's independent, expert reports and other scientific activities inform policies and actions that have the power to improve the lives of people in the U.S. and around the world.

• Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies
• Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas
• Tracking Radiation Exposure from Medical Diagnostic Procedures: Workshop Reports
• Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security
• Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education: Workshop Report
• Building Hawaii's Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium
• Testing of Body Armor Materials: Phase III
• Improving the Decision Making Abilities of Small Unit Leaders
• Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering
• Improving Measurement of Productivity in Higher Education
• Using American Community Survey Data to Expand Access to the School Meals Program
• The Use and Storage of Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) at Bayer CropScience

• A Review of Adaptive Structural Materials Research that Could Pose a Threat to US National Security: A Workshop
• Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration
• Evaluation of Energy-Efficiency and Sustainability Standards Used by the Department of Defense for Military Construction and Repair
• Pipeline Transportation of Diluted Bitumen
• Reducing Maternal and Child Mortality in Indonesia
• Review of the Federal Transit Administration's Transit Economic Requirements Model