Related Pages NIH Roadmap for Medical Research 1 Web site for the NIH Roadmap. Subscribe to the NIH Roadmap E-mail List 2 Add your name to the NIH Roadmap Listserv to receive up-to-date information on Roadmap funding opportunities. DPCPSI 3 NIH Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives Annual Planning and Selection Process for NIH Roadmap 4

The overarching goal of all Roadmap initiatives is to accelerate the discovery and translation of scientific knowledge into public health benefits. The Roadmap is conceived of as a five- to ten-year "incubator space" for NIH initiatives that meet all of the following criteria:

• Is the proposed initiative truly transforming - could it dramatically affect how biomedical and/or behavioral research is conducted over the next decade?



• Will the outcomes from the proposed initiatives synergistically promote and advance the individual missions of NIH ICs to benefit health?



• Does the proposed initiative require participation from NIH as a whole and/or does it address an area(s) of science that does not clearly fall within the mission of any one IC or OD program office?



• Is the proposed initiative something that no other entity is likely or able to do, and is there a public health benefit to having the results of the research in the public domain?