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.
• Stroke Progress Review Group Planning  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.
  
  
• 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.