NINDS Plans

NINDS has a number of planning documents that define its priorities in one or more areas related to the NINDS Mission.

• A New Strategic Vision for NINDS. NINDS recently completed a strategic planning effort to help set priorities and determine how to pursue its mission more effectively. A draft of the new NINDS Strategic Plan is now available for comment.
  
  
• Health Disparities and Workforce Diversity Strategic Planning. NINDS has recently undertaken a new strategic planning initiative to assess the Institute’s activities and establish priorities for health disparities research and efforts to promote diversity in the neuroscience workforce.
  
  
• "Neuroscience in the New Millennium," is the first strategic research plan for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and defines priorities for the institute's research funding.
  
  
• NINDS Implementation Plan describes the actions NINDS is taking to implement the strategic research plan.
  
  
• Parkinson's Disease Research Agenda. This document describes NINDS' plans and priorities for Parkinson's disease research. For more information, please visit the 
  
  
• Report of the Brain Tumor Progress Review Group results from a joint effort by NINDS and NCI to organize and prioritize a national agenda for brain tumor research. More about the  Brain Tumor Progress Review Group.
  
  
• The  Epilepsy Research Web   results from two NINDS-sponsored international conferences (March 2000 and March 2007) and describes the NINDS Research Agenda for Epilepsy and other planning efforts.
• Report of the Stroke Progress Review Group results from a collaborative effort of scientists, clinicians, industry representatives, and patient advocates who were charged by the NINDS with the task of setting overall priorities for stroke research. More about the  The Stroke Progress Review Group (2001).
  
  
• The  Research Plan For Tuberous Sclerosis. Developed under the leadership of NINDS, this document presents a broad, long-term vision for tuberous sclerosis research.
  
  
• Muscular Dystrophy Research and Education Plan for the National Institutes of Health . Developed by the Muscular Dystrophy Interagency Coordinating Committee (MDCC), this Plan provides a list of priorities and goals for muscular dystrophy research. More about the  Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee
  
  
• Research Plan for Ataxia-Telangiectasia. Developed by the trans-NIH Ataxia-Telangiectasia Working Group, this document outlines a research strategy for A-T, a rare childhood disease that affects multiple organ systems.