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4. DOCUMENT RESUME b 4 . ,ED 114 009 . HE 006 868 TITLE' Personnel Needs andTraining for Biomedical and Behavioral Eesearch:'The,1975t'epOrt ofthe Committee on a Study of-National Needsfor Biomedical and .Behavibral Resea'rch Personnel. National-Academy of Sciences - National Research . INSTITUTION . Council, Washington, D.C. Commission on Human Resources. , PUB DATE 11 Jun 75 .,, NOTE 97p., ,,, , AMIABLE FROMCommission of Human_ Resources, National'Research apuncil,..2101 Constitution Avenue, MR:, Washington, 4 ' CrD-.C. 20418 (free) EDRS PRICE- 241F-$.0.76 HC-$4.43 Plus Postage DESCRIPTORS *B'ehavioral Science Research; Ci5sts; *Doctoral Programs;'Educational Supply; Enrollment Trends; Fellowships; Government Role; Grants; *Higher Education; Manpower Utilization; *Medical Research; *Postdoctoral Education; Program Planning; Student Charadteristicd; Training Objectiyes /- ABSTRACTS The purpose of this docudent is toestablish the nation's overall need for biomedicaland'behavioral-research personnel. Dealing with a limitedanalysis of thecurrent,.situation rather than with projections, the documentprovide's data, -s obdervations, statements of principlq and recommendations. Chapter two described training programs --. theirdevelopment, current levels and estimated levels in FY 1S76, and whatis known about.the' I utilization of training by former fellows and-trainees.Chapter three deals with a number of pfinciplesthat haveguided the Committee. A number of problems emerge when these principles areapplied. These problems include; the costs of imbalance\of supplyand demand; market studies their limitation; fellows4p4 versustraining grants; training, grant funds td'instituttons all to trainee's;and the postdoctoral pool. In Chapter four, somesignificant trends concerning the development and utilization ofbiomedical and behavior research personnelare presented,'including:graduate enrollments and student support; ,Ph.D. output 1961-74 research and deielopment expenditures; current number of active researchers. Chapter five .provides a,brief summary ofimportant points. Appendices' contain lists of committees and members;legislative and administrative history of training authorities; somedata sources and, studies; and a bibliography.(Author/KE)- ; Documents acquired by ERIC include many; informal unpublished materials notavailible from other sources. ERICekes every effort to obtain the best copy available. Nevertheless, items of marginal reproducibility are often encountered and affects the quality of the microffche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes availablevia the ERIC Document Reproduction Sece (EDRS). EDRSnot responsible for the quality of the original document.Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can b made from the original. ,v 5. CD L.L4Fersonriel Needs and Trainingfor Biome ical and Behavioral Research The 1975 F?port of the CoMmittee on a Study of National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel , 5 :E.`.:NTME NT OF HEALTH & NEL.FARE T,,,,4%.t.,..1..STiTUTE OF A 101.1 .4 ,17 PRO 4r.I.F ,.kofv I R (,P1N,f)N,, 4F PRE. T.F U COMMISSIOI$ON HUMAN RESOURCES. NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL . PEpSONNEL NEEDS AND TRAINING FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH - '_71-11E 1975 REPORT of the COMMITTEE ON A6TUDY OF NATIONAL NEEDS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL !RESEARCH PERSO*NEL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RESOURCES . NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL National Academy of ScienceS. Washington, D. C. Junb 11; 1975' c P,- ':NOTICE:' The. project whiqh is the subjeCt-of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the.National'ResegrchCounci1;4acting'inbe- hal&of thd NAt,i4a1 1Wademy of'.Sciences. Such approval reflects the .Board's judgment, that the project is of 'national importance and.appro- priate with respebt,to bOth-the purposes and resources of the National . Researe Council. '... themember0 of the committee selected undertake =this project-and- prepare this.report were chosen for recognized scholarlycompetence - ' , and with:due bonsideration.for the balance. of disciplines appropriate to the project.. ,Responsibility for the detailed aspects of this report rests with that committee. Each report issuingfror(a stlidy'committee of the,NAonal Research COUncil is reviewed by an independent group of qualified individuals' according to procedures established and monitored by the Report Review Committee of the National'Academy of Sdiences.Distribution of the F report}s approved, by the President ofthe Academy, upon satisfactory completion ofd the reviescprocess. Tie work on which this publication is based' was performed .pursuant to Contract No. NO10D-5-2109 with the-National Institutes of Healthof fl theDepartment of Health, Education and Welfare: 4 Available from Commission on Human Resources National, Research Council PIP 2101 Constitution AVenue, N. W. WashingtOnD. C. 20418 Printed in the United States of America 0 4 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OFFICE Or THE PRES&EIII7 2101 CONSTITUTION' AVENUE WASHINGTON, D. C 20418 June 16, 1975 , The Hcnorable Caspar W..Weinberger SeCretarlOof Health,Education, and Wplfare Washingtonti D. C. 20201 . , . My dear Mr.,Secretary: T am *eased to present to the Department of Health, Education, and, Welfare the 1975 repOrt of the Committee on n a Study of National Needs forbiomedical and BehaVioral Re7 search Personnel: This continuing study'has been undertaken by the National Research Council,pursuant to,,Title I of the ' National Research Act of 1974 (PL 93=348). It responds to your requestof September 160974 thatthe Nat.ional,Academy of,-Sciences;mae .such a study and.follows my letter of March 6, 1975 indicatingthat the Academy would accept this task. The work has. been supported under Contract NO1 OD 5 2109 withe National-InstitUtes'of Health. 4e. The Act states (Section 03 (a) ) that the purpose's. of the' study are to: \ "(1) establish (A) the Nation's overall A need for biomedical and behavioral)resparch personnel,(B) the `subject areas in which such per'sonnel are needed and the number of such personner,needed in each such area, and (C) the kinds , and of training whiCh,should.b6 provided such (personnel; (2) assess (A) current training programs available for the train- ing of biomedical and behavioral research personnel which are conducted under--this Act at or through institutes unaer the Na- tiona1 Institutes of Health and the Alcphpl; Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Aditinistration, and (B) other current training programs Available for the training of such personnel; (3) . 'identify the kinds of research positiOns available to and held, .hy individuals completing such programs; (4) determine, to the extent feasible,whether theprograms referred to in clause (b) of paragraph (2) would be adequate to --meet the needs established f. a tr ...,.. ; . The Monoiable Caspar W. Weinberger June 16, '1975 Page Two under paragraph (1) if the programs referred to in clause(A) of paragraph (2) were terminated; dnd\-.5.) determine whatmodiL fiOktions in the ,programs 'referred to in parag;aph (2) are re- (1)." quired to meet the needs.established under par graph 4 The prepent document, submitted in order to meet the re- quirement tor a report in FY 1975, was preparedlittle more than three' months after commencement of the study, hence, it cannot respond fully to,the broad,and difficultrequirements set by. the Act. But a beginning has been made% T)trust that our re-' ports in 1976 and thereafter Will deal in'a moredetailed and aningful way with the significant problem you have brought to .us. We shaXi be glad to discuss this report. for1975 witk you and your. staff: . Sincerely yours, Philip Handler, - President P R E F. A C E 4 This is the first of the annual reports in the continuing study:re- quirs6tmder provisions of the National Research Service AWa.rd Act Of , 1974. In approach ing this initial task, the)Committee on a Study of. .f National Needs fort Biomedical and BehaAiiqral Research Personnel examined critipally,alarge\and dilerse body of available data. The,pcture emerg7 ,ing from that scrutiny did not.permit.a clear distinction between transi- tory deveIcipmentsand longrange trends even though there'is ample reason: .to believe that wejare in a period of transition. Limitations in the data base wereanticipated in.the preceding feasibility" study and. in the event. proved all too true- it is not surprising, therefore, that :the present repOrt deals, with a'limited analysis of the current stuation rather than with projections. The rOorthas been prepared, under the MOS't formidable time con- , straints.. Approxima ely 90 days elapsed from the authorizationHtopro- deed with the study t the 'commititee's final, review of the report. g;iere haS been .a grossly in dequate opportunity to weigh broad policy questions that have been the subpct of continuing debate.. Nor has it been p6sSible V to deal--at length with\all.the administrative, resource, and organizational issuehat fall within the pArview-of the continping.study. Consequently, thie-repOrt should beregarded as a preliminary redboxise to the. Congressio- nal-request contained in theAct. With enhancement of_ the data base and refinement.of methodology/ which can be expected in the coming year, future annual reports can be looked tofor realizatlion'of.the full ,potential of S. t the continuing study: 'Completion of the report for i975 would not have been possible with- ou.4help from many qtarters, The. Committee is-indebted to.itSPanels for advice on data,analySis, disciplinary classification, and the_statusOf science in the various