NIH Advisory Board Discusses Process to Evaluate Organizational Efficiency

By: Yvette Seger
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
On January 10, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Scientific Management Review Board (SMRB) convened to discuss strategies and data needed to assess potential areas for organizational reform. Building upon the deliberations from its November meeting, current SMRB members agreed that the framework presented in the 2010 SMRB report, Deliberating Organizational Change and Effectiveness, was still appropriate for examining areas for process or structural improvements. Members also discussed potential topics for initial consideration through this evaluative framework, including a suggestion to begin with processes centralized within the Office of the Director.

NIH SMRB will continue to meet bimonthly, alternating between in-person and virtual convenings, with a goal of deliberating recommendations to Congress by November 2025. Additional information about SMRB is available here.