OBSSR Requesting Comments on Draft Priorities for 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a Request for Information aiming to gather stakeholder feedback on the draft priorities and strategic objectives for the Office in their 2023-2028 Strategic Plan. These draft priorities are the result of evaluation of the previous strategic plan, a previous Request for Information, and multiple listening sessions with internal and external NIH stakeholders.
The draft strategic plan provides a framework with three major scientific priorities which each carry their own objectives:
- Improve the synergy between basic behavioral and social sciences research and research testing approaches to improve health outcomes;
- Enhance and promote research measures, methods, and infrastructure needed to support an integrated and more cumulative approach to behavioral and social sciences research; and
- Accelerate sustained adoption of behavioral and social sciences research findings in practice.
The strategic plan also provides a list of cross-cutting themes that will be considered throughout the strategic plan:
- Integration of BSSR across NIH Research;
- Science of Science;
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; and
- Training and Capacity Building
Comments will be accepted through November 14, 2022. Instructions on submitting a response are available in the Request for Information.