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FY 2022 Annual Performance Plan and Report - Goal 4 Objective 2








  
  
    

  
      



Fiscal Year 2022
Released June, 2021

**Topics on this page:** Goal 4. Objective 2 | Objective 4.2 Table of Related Performance Measures

Goal 4. Objective 2: Expand the capacity of the scientific workforce and infrastructure to support innovative research

Tomorrow's scientific breakthroughs depend on a highly trained and ethical scientific workforce, working in facilities and with tools that foster innovation.  Efforts to expand the capacity of the scientific workforce and infrastructure can better prepare the nation for global health emergencies, extend the reach and impact of scientific investigations, and contribute to research of national or global significance.

Through various initiatives and programs, HHS recruits and trains students, recent graduates, and other professionals to conduct rigorous and reproducible research.  HHS provides research training and career development opportunities to ensure that highly trained investigators will be available across the range of scientific disciplines necessary to address the nation's biomedical and scientific research needs.  Scientific integrity is a priority for the Department.  Divisions responsible for research have developed policies and procedures to ensure the highest degree of scientific integrity in the research HHS conducts, funds, and supports—to ensure that our research is credible and worthy of the public's confidence.

In the previous administration, the Office of the Secretary led this objective.  The following divisions are responsible for implementing programs under this strategic objective: AHRQ, CDC, FDA, NIH, OASH, OGA, and SAMHSA.  HHS has determined that performance toward this objective is progressive.  The narrative below provides a brief summary of progress made and achievements or challenges, as well as plans to improve or maintain performance.

Objective 4.2 Table of Related Performance Measures

By 2021, develop, validate, and/or disseminate 3-5 new research tools or technologies that enable better understanding of brain function at the cellular and/or circuit level (Lead Agency - NIH; Measure ID - SRO-2.12)

Fiscal Year
			Target
			Result
			StatusFY 2015
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AFY 2016
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AFY 2017
			N/A
			N/A
			N/AFY 2018
			Develop four novel neurotechnologies for stimulating/recording in the brain to enable basic studies of neural activity at the cellular level
			Projects funded through the BRAIN Initiative led to novel innovations in four neurotechnologies to enable basic studies of neural activity at the cellular level.
			Target MetFY 2019
			Test new and/or existing brain stimulation devices for two new therapeutic indications in humans through the BRAIN Public-Private Partnership.
			The BRAIN Initiative Public-Private Partnership Program initiated testing of brain stimulation devices for six new therapeutic indications in humans and continued to enable current and potential BRAIN investigators to gain access to medical device tools and technologies from some of the top medical device manufacturers.
			Target MetFY 2020
			Provide broad access to new research approaches and techniques for acquiring fundamental insight about how the nervous system functions in health and disease
			The BRAIN Initiative supported the development of novel technologies for brain stimulation and recording and efforts to disseminate resources and integrate them into neuroscience research practice.
			Target MetFY 2021
			Expand our understanding of brain function at the cellular or circuit level using three to five new tools and technologies
			12/31/21
			In ProgressThe NIH-funded Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative® accelerates the development and application of new neurotechnologies that will enable researchers to gain deeper understanding of how the human brain functions in normal conditions as well as states of disease or dysfunction.  One of the BRAIN Initiative programs is the BRAIN Public-Private Partnership Program.  This program facilitates partnerships between clinical investigators and manufacturers of the latest-generation invasive brain stimulation and recording devices.  These partnerships accelerate the dissemination of tools and technologies to investigators and spur research progress.

In FY 2020, the program supported the development of novel technologies that focused on restoring sleep in Parkinson's disease (adaptive deep brain stimulation) and improving locomotor and bladder function in individuals with acute spinal cord injury (closed-loop systems with implanted neurostimulator).  Furthermore, the program continued supporting current and potential BRAIN investigators in accessing medical device tools and technologies from some of the top medical device manufacturers.  Currently, seven medical device companies participate in the program, offering a total of 24 resources to BRAIN investigators who are studying how the nervous system functions in health and disease.

In FY 2021, NIH plans to expand our understanding of brain function at the cellular or circuit level using newly developed tools and technologies.  Although this measure is scheduled to discontinue beginning in FY 2022, the BRAIN Initiative programs will continue to fund promising research that will help expand the critical knowledge base for researchers seeking new ways to treat, cure, and even prevent brain disorders.

Increase the percentage of scientists retained at FDA after completing the Fellowship or Traineeship programs (Lead Agency- FDA; Measure ID – 291101)



Measure
			FY 2015
			FY 2016
			FY 2017
			FY 2018
			FY 2019
			FY 2020
			FY 2021
			FY 2022Target
			40%
			40%
			40%
			50%
			50%
			50%
			20%
			20%Result
			80%
			81%
			72%
			53%
			86%
			80%
			2/28/22
			2/20/23Status
			Target Exceeded
			Target Exceeded
			Target Exceeded
			Target Exceeded
			Target Exceeded
			Target Exceeded
			Pending
			PendingTo support the Department's mission and FDA's scientific expertise, FDA is launching a new FDA Traineeship Program while continuing other Fellowship programs.  This performance goal focuses on FDA's efforts to retain a targeted percentage of the scientists who complete these programs.  The size and focus of the new agency-wide Traineeship Program will be greater in number and scope than the current Fellowship Program.  Since the scope of the program will increase, FDA will reset the retention target to 20 percent for FY 2021 to reflect the new program's expected baseline.  Whether "graduates" from these programs continue to work for FDA or choose to work in positions in related industry and academic fields, they are trained in an FDA-presented understanding of the complex scientific issues in emerging technologies and innovation, which furthers the purpose of this strategic objective.  For now, the retention target will remain at 20 percent in FY 2021 and 2022.  Although it is unclear what the ultimate impact on the program will be, COVID-19 has affected FDA's ability to sponsor fellow, and has limited the experience of those fellows to train onsite in FDA labs, and with the appropriate mentors.  FDA will continue to monitor and adjust this goal moving forward as necessary.

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