The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will appoint an ad hoc committee to plan, organize, and write a consensus report that, will be based largely on two unclassified workshops. The first workshop will review projections of the evolution of the R&D ecosystem and implications for the Intelligence Community (IC). The second workshop will focus on how elements of the IC might strengthen and enhance their ability to contribute to the maintenance of the R&D ecosystem to help ensure that the R&D needs of the IC are included in the R&D agenda, leverage that system, and benefit from the investments of other government agencies and the private sector. Following each of the two workshops, an NRC-appointed rapporteur will produce a workshop proceedings in-brief that will be provided to the sponsor.
After reviewing the workshop results and consulting with the sponsor, the study committee will hold meetings to gather further information and perspectives, and to hold interactive substantive discussions. The study committee will produce a peer-reviewed consensus report, including findings and recommendations. In deliberating and writing its report, the committee may also address topics such as:

• What are basic perceptions of the goals of the nation's R&D ecosystem?
• What are current approaches for ensuring a healthy R&D ecosystem?
• Given twenty-first century realities, what are realistic goals and expectations?
• How might the US IC work to facilitate a whole-of-government approach for a robust innovation ecosystem?

The project will produce (1) two unclassified, workshop proceedings-in-brief prepared by a designated rapporteur; and (2) an unclassified, peer-reviewed consensus report that draws from the information gathered during the workshops and other information sources, as needed, and will provide findings and recommendations. If cleared members of the committee believe that the work warrants a classified annex to the unclassified report, the sponsor will accept that as part of this task.