The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Washington, will be updating its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012 to 2016.
The plan represents the most promising cross-cutting research areas within NIDCD’s mission; it presents a series of goals and objectives that serve as a guide in prioritizing the Institute’s research investment, and helps the Institute to remain current with the state of the science in human communication research.
The NIDCD’s time-sensitive Request for Information (RFI) aims to solicit information that will help in updating the plan. Specifically, the agency is seeking feedback on the following questions:
- What are the most significant scientific discoveries in the communication sciences that have occurred in the past decade? (Please provide references to scientific journal articles, if applicable.)
- What are the gaps in current research and training in the communication sciences?
- What pressing needs of individuals with communication disorders can be helped with additional research?
- What are the greatest challenges or barriers to progress in the communication sciences?
Click here to access the online comment form. The deadline for submitting comments is November 5.
Any personal identifiers (eg, names, addresses, e-mail addresses, etc) will be removed when responses are compiled, and only the de-identified comments will be used.
[Source: NIDCD]
