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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Notice To Announce the National Eye
Institute (NEI) Draft Strategic Plan;
Request for Information
AGENCY:
National Institutes of Health,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
This Request for Information
(RFI) is intended to gather broad public
input to assist the National Eye Institute
(NEI), National Institutes of Health
(NIH) in reviewing the draft strategic
plan document accessible from the NEI
Strategic Plan website. NEI invites input
from vison researchers in academia and
industry, health care professionals,
patient advocates and advocacy
organizations, scientific or professional
organizations, federal agencies, and
other interested members of the public.
Organizations are strongly encouraged
to submit a single response that reflects
the views of their organization and their
membership as a whole.
DATES: This Request for Information is
open for public comment and must be
received by June 7, 2021 to ensure
consideration.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be
submitted electronically at NEIPlan@
mail.nih.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Areas of Emphasis
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Please direct all inquiries to NEIplan@
mail.NIH.gov and to Nora Wong, 301–
496–4308, nora.wong@NIH.gov. To
learn about strategic planning activities
at NEI, please visit https://
www.nei.nih.gov/about/strategicplanning.
Charged to
protect and preserve the eyes and vision
of the American people, NEI supports
basic and clinical research that unravels
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the mysteries of how vision works at a
fundamental level and provides patients
with new therapies and standards of
care that maintain and improve quality
of life.
In accordance with the 21st Century
Cures Act, NIH institutes are required to
regularly update their strategic plans.
The new NEI Strategic Plan seeks to
distill those reflections into a cohesive
document that will guide efforts to
address those gaps and opportunities
over the next five years. NEI has always
been—and will continue to be—
committed to high quality investigatorinitiated research and will fund the best
science across the broad spectrum of
vision research. Ultimately, NEI
stakeholders provide the catalyst for
identifying and implementing the goals.
NEI has been incorporating broad
public and expert input in the
development of this plan, starting in the
winter of 2019–2020 with an initial
Request for Information (RFI). This
public comment period engaged
perspectives from scientists, clinicians,
patients, vision advocates, and the
public. NEI received a robust response
to the RFI, which informed the selection
and agendas of expert panels for seven
cross-cutting areas of emphasis during
the spring and summer of 2020. NEI
incorporated the topics covered in the
RFI and panels into the planning
document and presented the
information publicly before the NAEC.
Under each area of emphasis, NEI
provides a summary of goals related to
research needs, gaps, and opportunities
for the institute to address over the next
five years.
Visual System in Health and Disease
• From Genes to Disease Mechanisms
• Biology and Neuroscience of Vision
• Immune System and Eye Health
Capitalizing on Emerging Fields
• Regenerative Medicine
• Data Science
Preventing Vision Loss and Enhancing
Well-Being
• Individual Quality of Life
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• Public Health and Disparities
Research
Information Requested
This RFI invites comments from
researchers in academia and industry,
health care professionals, patient
advocates and health advocacy
organizations, scientific or professional
organizations, federal agencies, and
other interested members of the public
on the draft NEI Strategic Plan at
https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/strategicplanning. When developing comments,
please read the draft strategic plan and
provide any high-level, content related
feedback by submitting a written
response to neiplan@mail.nih.gov.
Organizations are strongly encouraged
to submit a single response that reflects
the views of their organization and
membership.
Results of this RFI and updated
Strategic Plan will be presented at the
June 11, 2021, meeting of the NAEC and
the finalized Strategic Plan will be
posted on the NEI website once it is
approved.
Responses
Responses to this RFI are voluntary.
Please do not include any personally
identifiable information or any
information that you do not wish to
make public. Proprietary, classified,
confidential, or sensitive information
should not be included in your
response. The Government will use the
information submitted in response to
this RFI at its discretion. The
Government reserves the right to use
any submitted information on public
websites, in reports, in summaries of the
state of the science, in any possible
resultant solicitation(s), grant(s), or
cooperative agreement(s), or in the
development of future funding
opportunity announcements. This RFI is
for informational and planning purposes
only and is not a solicitation for
applications or an obligation on the part
of the Government to provide support
for any ideas identified in response to
it. Please note that the Government will
not pay for the preparation of any
information submitted or for use of that
information.
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NEI encourages the dissemination of
this RFI opportunity to broader
networks and is looking forward to
receiving input from the community.
Please provide a written response to
NEIPlan@mail.nih.gov by June 7, 2021.
Dated: April 20, 2021.
Nora M. Wong,
Health Science Policy Analyst, National Eye
Institute, National Institutes of Health.
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Archiving of Data.
Date: June 11, 2021.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
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Contact Person: Jasenka Borzan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Institutes of
Mental Health, 6001 Executive Blvd.,
Neuroscience Center, Room 6150, Bethesda,
MD 20892, 301–435–1260, jasenka.borzan@
nih.gov.
Name of Committee: National Institute of
Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel;
BRAIN Initiative: Data Integration and
Analysis.
Date: June 11, 2021.
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications.
Place: National Institutes of Health,
Neuroscience Center, 6001 Executive
Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone
Conference Call).
Contact Person: Jasenka Borzan, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Officer, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Institutes of
Mental Health, 6001 Executive Blvd.,
Neuroscience Center, Room 6150, Bethesda,
MD 20892, 301–435–1260, jasenka.borzan@
nih.gov.
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status of listed species to the point at
which listing is no longer appropriate
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Notice To Announce the National Eye Institute (NEI) Draft
Strategic Plan; Request for Information
AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to gather broad
public input to assist the National Eye Institute (NEI), National
Institutes of Health (NIH) in reviewing the draft strategic plan
document accessible from the NEI Strategic Plan website. NEI invites
input from vison researchers in academia and industry, health care
professionals, patient advocates and advocacy organizations, scientific
or professional organizations, federal agencies, and other interested
members of the public. Organizations are strongly encouraged to submit
a single response that reflects the views of their organization and
their membership as a whole.
DATES: This Request for Information is open for public comment and must
be received by June 7, 2021 to ensure consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted electronically at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please direct all inquiries to
[email protected] and to Nora Wong, 301-496-4308, [email protected].
To learn about strategic planning activities at NEI, please visit
https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/strategic-planning.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Charged to protect and preserve the eyes and
vision of the American people, NEI supports basic and clinical research
that unravels the mysteries of how vision works at a fundamental level
and provides patients with new therapies and standards of care that
maintain and improve quality of life.
In accordance with the 21st Century Cures Act, NIH institutes are
required to regularly update their strategic plans. The new NEI
Strategic Plan seeks to distill those reflections into a cohesive
document that will guide efforts to address those gaps and
opportunities over the next five years. NEI has always been--and will
continue to be--committed to high quality investigator-initiated
research and will fund the best science across the broad spectrum of
vision research. Ultimately, NEI stakeholders provide the catalyst for
identifying and implementing the goals.
NEI has been incorporating broad public and expert input in the
development of this plan, starting in the winter of 2019-2020 with an
initial Request for Information (RFI). This public comment period
engaged perspectives from scientists, clinicians, patients, vision
advocates, and the public. NEI received a robust response to the RFI,
which informed the selection and agendas of expert panels for seven
cross-cutting areas of emphasis during the spring and summer of 2020.
NEI incorporated the topics covered in the RFI and panels into the
planning document and presented the information publicly before the
NAEC.
Under each area of emphasis, NEI provides a summary of goals
related to research needs, gaps, and opportunities for the institute to
address over the next five years.
Areas of Emphasis
Visual System in Health and Disease
From Genes to Disease Mechanisms
Biology and Neuroscience of Vision
Immune System and Eye Health
Capitalizing on Emerging Fields
Regenerative Medicine
Data Science
Preventing Vision Loss and Enhancing Well-Being
Individual Quality of Life
Public Health and Disparities Research
Information Requested
This RFI invites comments from researchers in academia and
industry, health care professionals, patient advocates and health
advocacy organizations, scientific or professional organizations,
federal agencies, and other interested members of the public on the
draft NEI Strategic Plan at https://www.nei.nih.gov/about/strategic-planning. When developing comments, please read the draft strategic
plan and provide any high-level, content related feedback by submitting
a written response to [email protected] Organizations are strongly
encouraged to submit a single response that reflects the views of their
organization and membership.
Results of this RFI and updated Strategic Plan will be presented at
the June 11, 2021, meeting of the NAEC and the finalized Strategic Plan
will be posted on the NEI website once it is approved.
Responses
Responses to this RFI are voluntary. Please do not include any
personally identifiable information or any information that you do not
wish to make public. Proprietary, classified, confidential, or
sensitive information should not be included in your response. The
Government will use the information submitted in response to this RFI
at its discretion. The Government reserves the right to use any
submitted information on public websites, in reports, in summaries of
the state of the science, in any possible resultant solicitation(s),
grant(s), or cooperative agreement(s), or in the development of future
funding opportunity announcements. This RFI is for informational and
planning purposes only and is not a solicitation for applications or an
obligation on the part of the Government to provide support for any
ideas identified in response to it. Please note that the Government
will not pay for the preparation of any information submitted or for
use of that information.
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NEI encourages the dissemination of this RFI opportunity to broader
networks and is looking forward to receiving input from the community.
Please provide a written response to [email protected] by June 7,
2021.
Dated: April 20, 2021.
Nora M. Wong,
Health Science Policy Analyst, National Eye Institute, National
Institutes of Health.
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