What are some COPR accomplishments?
The Council will soon be celebrating its 10-year anniversary. During its first decade, the Council has made a significant impact on NIH’s outreach and public engagement efforts. One very recent COPR accomplishment involved the NIH strategic vision, which initially included three “Ps”: preemptive, predictive, and personalized. The COPR ensured that a fourth “P,” participatory, was added to the list to emphasize the importance of public involvement in NIH programs. The COPR has also helped develop language for funding opportunity announcements that involve issues of public interest; contributed to the NIH communications strategy through brochures, newsletters, Web sites, videocasts, and podcasts; participated in the NIH Public Trust Initiative and efforts to enhance the agency’s peer-review process; and participated in planning sessions for priority areas, such as the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, disease categorization, and nanotechnology This year, the Partners in Research Award pr
