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New Strategic Plan

Process for 2012-2017 Strategic Planning

NIEHS has initiated a strategic planning process to set the institute scientific and governance direction for the next five years (2012-2017). 

Draft Mission Statement

The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.

Draft Vision Statement

The vision of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to provide global leadership for innovative research that improves public health by preventing disability and disease from our environment.

Draft Strategic Plan Goals

• Draft Strategic Plan Goals (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/draft_strategic_plan_goals.pdf)  (58KB)

Development of Supporting Pillars

• Full description of the Strategic Pillars (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/full_description_of_the_strategic_pillars.pdf)  (109KB) - updated Feb 8, 2012
• Fundamental Research
• Exposure Research
• Translational Science
• Health Disparities and Global Environmental Health
• Training and Education
• Communications and Engagement
  • Crosscutting Theme: Knowledge Management
  • Crosscutting Theme: Collaborative and Integrative Approaches

Strategic Planning Process

Step	Details
	Presentations and information meetings to NIEHS staff, the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council, other NIEHS Advisory Boards and informal groups, and all external stakeholder communities. NIEHS Strategic planning website live. Federal Register notice published.
	Visionary Ideas relate to broad-based scientific directions for the environmental health sciences community that will help to shape the vision for NIEHS over the next five years. At http://strategicplan.niehs.nih.gov/ (http://strategicplan.niehs.nih.gov/) , visitors can submit, vote on, or comment on Visionary Ideas, as well as discuss strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for NIEHS.
	Approximately 200 people from NIEHS and its stakeholder communities participated in a 3-day meeting on July 12-14, 2011, in North Carolina to discuss Visionary Ideas and other ideas we’re passionate about regarding the NIEHS. This meeting was conducted in a modified Open Space Technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology)  format to encourage maximum synergy. Read the Stakeholder Workshop Report (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/stakeholder-community-workshop/full-sp-workshop-report.pdf)
	NIEHS invites the public and all other stakeholders and staff to comment on the synthesized input received to date through the online and the Stakeholder Community Workshop. Read the Stakeholder Workshop Report (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/stakeholder-community-workshop/full-sp-workshop-report.pdf)  and email your comments on the report to ehs-strategic-plan@mail.nih.gov
	NIEHS convened a 2-day meeting in North Carolina of  40–50 individuals who had participated in this process. This group was charged with developing an NIEHS Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and five to eight Strategic Goals.
	NIEHS invites the public and all other stakeholders and staff to comment on the draft Strategic Goals, Mission Statement, and Vision Statement for the NIEHS, which will be posted online
	NIEHS senior leadership will hold meetings of internal scientists and staff within various divisions and offices to solicit input and expertise on implementation strategies for each of the draft Strategic Goals.
	NIEHS senior leadership will hold a series of meetings to synthesize the input received from the Internal meetings into Draft Implementation Strategies.
	The National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council Meeting will be held at the NIEHS campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and an update on the Strategic Plan will be given at the council meeting. This meeting is open to the public, and stakeholders and staff are encouraged to attend.
	An NIEHS writing team will develop narrative text incorporating and explaining the Mission, Vision, Strategic Goals, and Implementation Strategies and format this information into the Draft Strategic Plan.
	NIEHS will post the Draft Strategic Plan online. NIEHS invites the public and all other stakeholders and staff to comment on the draft Strategic Plan, which will be posted online. NIEHS will also publish the draft Strategic Plan in the Federal Register.
	NIEHS leadership and staff will prepare the final Strategic Plan and present it to NIEHS staff and to the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council at its regular meeting. This meeting is open to the public, and stakeholders and staff are encouraged to attend.
	NIEHS will publish the final Strategic Plan in a variety of formats including online and print and will disseminate it as widely as possible to all stakeholders and interested parties.

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