“From July 14 to August 16, 2021, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a series of fifteen listening sessions with stakeholders across the biomedical ecosystem to seek input on the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). Of the fifteen listening sessions, ten sessions, led by NIH, focused on specific research areas and involved the NIH Institute and Center (IC) Directors and Deputy Directors, as well as invited organizations, who presented prepared statements. These sessions were open to the public and provided an opportunity for real-time question submission and response. The remaining five sessions, led by OSTP, were invite-only and were attended by various stakeholder organizations, representing patient advocacy groups, biomedical professional groups, venture capital firms, private industry, and other non-biomedical STEM professional organizations. The Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) was charged with facilitating these discussions and summarizing the findings. Attached is a summary document of the major themes that arose across the fifteen listening sessions ranging from specific project or program proposals, potential collaboration avenues, and operational considerations…”
Read the full 17-page report here.
Source: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Institutes of Health Listening Sessions for ARPA-H: Summary Report – September 2021. White House.
