Table 7.

About strategy formulation across funding institutions by case

Country, institution	Actions related to strategy formulation
Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	• Strategic plan of CIHR available
	• Mission and values of CIHR and institutes available
	• Representation of citizens on board of CIHR and some institutes
	• Involvement of institutional partners in health (health ministry, etc.) to set up priority themes of institutes
Australia, National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC)	• Strategic direction available online
	• Open invitation online to comment a proposal for a specific strategy
	• Chief medical officer/chief health officer for each state and territory sit on the institution CEO identifies major national health issues
United States, National Institutes of Health (NIH)	• Each institute and centre has a strategic plan available
	• Some interagency initiatives with strategic plans
	• NIH with roadmap on 21st century vision
	• NIH priority set by scientific community, institutes and centre advisory agency, public, congress and administration, others
Singapore, National Medical Research Agency (NMRC)	• Mission statement available
	• 1 multidisciplinary local review panel
Sweden, Swedish Research Agency (SRC) and Scientific Council for Medicine (SCM)	• Online strategy
	• Involvement of the research community in strategy formulation through elected university members of institutions and SRC board
United Kingdom, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)	• Online statement
	• NIHR advisory board with leaders from academics, patient and public representatives to give advice on strategic development
	• Translation research under a cooperation with Medical Research Council, coordinated by a new Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research
The Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)	• Government and policy-makers contribute to the discussions and decisions of the advisory committee for eligible programmes to fund