The Science of Science Management strives to systematically study NIH’s management of biomedical research and development to improve decision making in planning, implementing, and disseminating biomedical research for the improvement of public health. Initial efforts will focus on the development of needed infrastructures and strategies in order to systematically study science management topics. The objectives below capture the initial focus. For instance, exploring patterns, pathways, and profiles may reveal more appropriate methods for assessing science. Findings from these efforts are likely to provide evidence-based results as a basis for decision making. As capacity is built to conduct assessment studies and the benefits of the results are distributed, it is likely that enhanced and more appropriate assessment metrics, strategies, and tools will emerge. These enhancements may help assess science and science management, especially for high reward/high risk, innovative, and transformative research.

To support building capacity and infrastructure in the Science of Science Management, NIH brought together a multi-disciplinary group of experts in October to create an arena for topics relevant to the systematic research of science management with a focus on providing evidence-based information for decision makers.
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