- 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- Frederick Advisory Committee (NFAC).
The Committee will review major new projects proposed to be performed at NCI-Frederick and advise the Director, NCI and Associate
Director, NCI-Frederick about the intrinsic merit of the projects and about whether they should be done at the Frederick facility.
In addition, this Committee will periodically review the existing portfolio of projects at NCI-Frederick, evaluate their productivity,
help determine which of these projects should be transitioned to more conventional mechanisms of support, i.e., (grants, contracts,
cooperative agreements) and which should be considered for termination. The Committee will help to assure that the operations
at NCI-Frederick are open, transparent, and in the best interests of the entire cancer research community. The Committee will
submit a written description of the research and its recommendations to the Director, NCI, Deputy Directors, NCI, and the
Associate Director, NCI-Frederick. The Committee Chair will submit a written description of the results annually to the National
Cancer Advisory Board.
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