The National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH), one of the 27 institutes and center that make up the National Institute of Health (NIH), released a request for information to get inputs from stakeholders on the NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research. This five-year plan is supposed to work as a guide to help the NIMH advance its mission of delivering high quality, impactful research and to promote the translation of such research into clinical practice, services delivery, and policy. The focus is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.

The request for information (RFI) seeks feedback from stakeholders and the public on how to refine the strategic plan, mainly on ways to improve the potential usability, effectiveness, and impact of future strategic plans.

In particular, the NIMH is interested in learning:
  • Who’s using the strategic plan?
  • How are people using the plan?
  • What elements of the plan are useful, and which are not?
  • What is missing from the plan?
For more information about this request for information and NIMH's Strategic Plan for Research, visit our webpage here.

The SRCD Policy Department is preparing a written response, as part of the public comment period. We want to hear from our members on the NIMH Strategic Plan for Research and how does the developmental science and children development in specific contexts is represented, if at all. Please submit comments on areas you are familiar with.

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* 1. Generally, how satisfied are you with the NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research

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* 2. Please explain your answer to the previous question.

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* 3. Generally, does the NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research captures the importance of understanding the contexts in which development happens in children?

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* 4. Please explain your answer to the previous question.

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* 5. Have you used the current NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research?

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* 6. Please explain your answer to the previous question.

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* 7. How are you using the current NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research?

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* 8. What elements of the current NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research are useful?

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* 9. What elements of the current NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research are not useful?

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* 10. What is missing from the NIMH’s Strategic Plan for Research that you think should be included?

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* 11. Is there anything else you would like SRCD to take into consideration, when responding to NIMH's new strategic plan

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* 12. Have you received funding from NIMH in the past?

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* 13. Name

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* 14. Email

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* 15. SRCD Membership type

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* 16. Can SRCD's Policy Department contact you to discuss your responses, if needed?

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