- Mission [1]
- The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability,
from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better
health for everyone. NIH works toward that mission by the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisor’s (BSA). The
BSA is composed of distinguished scientists from outside the NCI and representatives from the advocacy community. The Board
provides scientific advice on a wide variety of matters concerning scientific program policy, reviews the progress and future
direction of the extramural research programs, and concept review of extramural program initiatives. This includes the evaluation
of NCI awarded grants, oversight of concept review of cooperative agreements and contracts initiatives and those activities
which it considers meritorious and consistent with the Institute's programs. The advisory role of the Board is scientific
and does not include deliberation on matters of public policy. The BSA represents the scientific community's voice in the
extramural science the NCI supports. As such, the Board advises the NCI leadership on the progress and future direction of
the Institute's Extramural Research Program. The Board evaluates NCI extramural programs and policies, and reviews ideas for
new research opportunities and solicitations to ensure that a concept is meritorious and consistent with the Institute's mission.
Additionally, the BSA believes it is important to interact with and receive feedback from the clinical, population science,
and laboratory research communities affected by NCI policies. The Board's deliberations are an indispensable part of the review
of a very large part of the Institute's extramural program, as well as all of the grant and contract concept support for extramural
and a segment of intramural research.
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