The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee of experts to consider the USGS Mineral Resources Program (MRP) science portfolio (including mineral resource life cycle and supply chain research, data collection through its Earth Mapping Resources Initiative, and products) and how well it meets current and future U.S. mineral resources needs. The committee will:

• Assess the alignment of MRP’s research and products with current needs of federal and non-federal MRP partners and stakeholders, including other USGS mission areas, federal agencies, tribes, and domestic and international partners;
• Identify gaps in the science portfolio that may preclude meeting those partner and stakeholder needs at present and in the future;
• Summarize the greatest challenges to meeting U.S. mineral resource needs over the next decade and recommend:

o Ways that MRP's science portfolio, expertise, and role should evolve to address those challenges and the needs of its present and future partners and stakeholders, and

o How MRP can leverage its partners and stakeholders to better inform decisions related to mineral resource challenges expected in the next decade.