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the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(ACOEM).
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Appropriate data from NIOSH-funded, investigator-initiated extra-
mural research.
Production Inputs
For each research program under review, NIOSH should specify an identifiable
portion of the NIOSH intramural budget, staff, facilities, and management that
has been allocated by divisions and offices that play a major role in the research
program. Production inputs should be described primarily in terms of intramural
research projects and staff, relevant extramural projects (particularly cooperative
agreements and contracts), and HHEs and related staff. Consideration should also
be given to budget inputs for program evaluation and to leveraged funds provided
by partners, such as National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency joint requests for applications or program announcements and OSHA,
MSHA, and Department of Defense contracts with NIOSH to conduct work.
Assessment of those inputs should include consideration of (1) the degree to
which allocation of funding and personnel has been reasonably consistent with the
resources needed to conduct the research and (2) the extent to which funding for
the relevant intramural research program activity has been limited by lack of discre-
tionary spending beyond salaries (travel, supplies, external laboratory services, and
so on). The assessments, therefore, should consider the adequacy of the qualitative
and quantitative planning inputs and the use and adequacy of production inputs,
particularly (1) and (2) above.
Questions as a Guide for the Evaluation Committee
1.
Were the planning, production, and other input data adequate?
2.
How well were the major planning, production, and other program
inputs used to promote the major activities?
3.
Were the sources of inputs and the amount and quality of inputs
adequate?
4.
Was input obtained from stakeholders representing vulnerable work-
ing populations and small businesses?
5.
Were production inputs (intramural and extramural funding, staffing,
management, and physical infrastructure resources) consistent with
goals and objectives of the program?
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