Table 6.
About intelligence acquisition across funding institutions by case
| Country, institution | Actions related to intelligence acquisition |
|---|---|
| Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | • CIHR shall answer to the minister’s request for advice (CIHR Act) |
| • Achievements of CIHR available in implementation reports, audit reports, international reviews | |
| • Input from scientific directors of institutes for the strategy of CIHR | |
| • Archives on reports of CIHR, minutes of board | |
| • Published management response to reviews of programmes | |
| • Initiatives and tri-council fund across institutes | |
| • Seek inputs from research community on mission achievements | |
| Australia, National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC) | • Pre-established profile of expertise for institution members depending on health domains |
| • Targeted call for research drafted by NHMRC alone or on demand from Australian health authorities | |
| • Participation in developing national strategies for research infrastructure investment | |
| United States, National Institutes of Health (NIH) | • Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA) to track bills, laws, hearings, legislative updates, congress committees of interest to NIH |
| • Upon director’s request, input on strategy development come from the Council of Public Representatives (COPR) | |
| • For emerging opportunities and rising health challenges, the division of programme coordination, planning and strategic initiatives accelerates investments | |
| • Excel by managing for results (bibliometrics, dynamic model of workforce, etc.) | |
| Singapore, National Medical Research Agency (NMRC) | • Revisiting policies with the inputs from researchers, research offices of institutions, finance and human resource personnel |
| • Engagement to give feedback on suggestions that are rejected in development and revision of policies | |
| • Research around top-down direction from Ministry of Health | |
| Sweden, Swedish Research Agency (SRC) and Scientific Council for Medicine (SCM) | • Majority of board members of SRC and SCM elected by the research community |
| • Assessment of Swedish participation in EU framework programme | |
| • Evaluation of 20 research environment funded by Linnaeus grant | |
| • Monitoring of research policy development (bibliometric studies) | |
| United Kingdom, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) | • Multiple partnerships with private and charity organisations |
| • Industry liaison team at NIHR | |
| • Support for evidence-based medicine and evidence-based policy-making (health technology assessment, Cochrane Centres, etc.) | |
| The Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) | • Evaluations of programmes and of ZonMW |
| • Programme committee investigates the urgency and relevance of researches proposed by the ministry | |
| • Two institutions head ZonMW | |
| • In 2015, undertook wide consultation of civilians, companies, researchers and social organisations to provide questions to the scientific community, with attached roadmaps |