The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has released the NIDCD Strategic Plan 2017–2021 in two digital formats: PDF and HTML.
The NIDCD supports and conducts research and research training in the areas of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. The Strategic Plan serves as a guide to the NIDCD in prioritizing its research investment, illustrates the current state-of-the-science, and highlights recent advances in the communication sciences. The Plan presents a series of goals and objectives that represent the most promising research needs within the NIDCD’s mission areas.
By identifying research topics of outstanding promise and opportunity, the plan will help the NIDCD prioritize research investments and will guide scientists as they shape their communication research programs.
We thank all of the individuals and organizations who submitted comments about the draft plan in September 2016.
