Science and Technology Policy and Law Program Area

Meeting Closed

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations - Committee Check-in #6

June 30, 2025

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Committee members met to discuss the draft report.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Raymond Lohier, John Rich, Paul Appelbaum, Edward Cheng, Miriam Gohara, Mark Graber, Jonathan Lucas, Roger Mitchell, Josiah Rich, L. Song Richardson, Julie Robinson, Michael Rosenblum, Marc Stern

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Draft Report

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Draft Report

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 03, 2025

Organizing Project

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations

Contact

Dr. Anne-Marie Mazza

(202) 334-2469
amazza@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research Meeting #4

June 26, 2025

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

The National Academies will hold the Committee on Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research will hold its fourth committee meeting.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

All committee members were present.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

In closed session, committee members discussed draft report materials, including policy options and the report structure. Committee members also received a presentation on the National Academies' review process.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

- Briefing book
- Draft report

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 30, 2025

Organizing Project

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research

Contact

Alex Helman

(202) 334-2566
ahelman@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

The Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust: Meeting 13

June 25 - 26, 2025

Past

Agenda

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About

The 13th meeting of the Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust was held on June 25 and 26, 2025.

Public Session:

A panel on "Unmasking Predatory Publishing: Incentives, Impact, and Accountability" explored measures to disincentivize harmful scholarly publishing practices and to protect the scientific community from predatory journals, with an additional focus on paper mills. The panel featured:

Nandita Quaderi—Senior Vice President, Clarivate; Editor-in-Chief, Web of Science
Elizabeth Loder—Head of Research, The BMJ
Patricia Kingori—Professor of Global Health Ethics, University of Oxford

A recording of the panel is available below.

Organizing Project

The Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust

Contact

Jordan Graves

(202) 334-2868
JGraves@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Webcast

Aligning Talent, Research, and Innovation: A Cross-Sector Approach to Strengthening America's Research Enterprise

June 23, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

This event is co-hosted by GUIPRR and the Congressional R&D Caucus to provide Congressional staff with substantive educational information on actionable insights on cross-sector coordination strategies that can strengthen the national research enterprise and cultivate a responsive STEM workforce aligned with national priorities. The session will feature remarks from Caucus Co-Chairs, Reps. Jim Baird and Bill Foster, followed by a panel discussion with leaders from government, academia, and industry on strategies to strengthen the research enterprise and STEM workforce through cross-sector collaboration. The panel discussion, moderated by GUIPRR Director, Michael Nestor, will convene panelists to share current perspectives, identify barriers to efficiency, and highlight opportunities where improved coordination can increase the effectiveness of federal scientific research and development (R&D) investments.

Panelists

Dr. Walter Copan, Vice President of Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Kimberly Budil, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dr. Thomas Zacharia, SVP Technical Partnerships and Public Policy, AMD

This is a live stream of the event. Registration is not required. A recording of the event will be available following the conclusion of the event.

Organizing Project

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable Webinars

Contact

GUIPRR Staff

guiprr@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable June 2025 Joint GUIPRR Council + AI Closed Session

June 17, 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable June 2025 Council Meeting

Organizing Project

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable

Contact

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable

(202) 334-3492
guiprr@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations - Committee Check-in #5

June 16, 2025

3:00 PM - 5:30 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Committee members met to discuss the draft report.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Raymond Lohier, John Rich, Paul Appelbaum, Edward Cheng, Miriam Gohara, Jonathan Lucas, Roger Mitchell, Josiah Rich, L. Song Richardson, Michael Rosenblum, Marc Stern

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Draft recommendations

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

Draft report

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 03, 2025

Organizing Project

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations

Contact

Dr. Anne-Marie Mazza

amazza@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research Committee Meeting #3

June 13, 2025

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

The National Academies will hold the Committee on Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research will hold its third committee meeting.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

- Alan I. Leshner
- David Apatoff
- Linda Coleman
- Kelvin Droegemeier
- Melanie Graham
- Lisa M. Nichols
- Julia M. Phillips
- Stacy Pritt
- Christopher Viggiani
- Emanuel Waddell
- Stephen Willard

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

In closed session, committee members discussed draft report materials and major takeaways from the June 6 open session. Committee members continued their discussion on policy options and the report structure.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

- Draft report
- Briefing book

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 17, 2025

Organizing Project

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research

Contact

Alex Helman

(202) 334-2566
ahelman@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Open Session: Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research

June 6, 2025

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

Past

Discussion

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Agenda

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About

The Committee on Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research will hold an open session with guest speakers.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Organizing Project

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research

Contact

Alex Helman

(202) 334-2566
ahelman@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations - Committee Check-in #4

June 5, 2025

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Committee members met to discuss the draft study report.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Raymond Lohier, John Rich, Edward Cheng, Dabney Friedrich, Roger Mitchell, Song Richardson, Julie Robinson, Michael Rosenblum

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Draft Report and next steps

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

N/A

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 10, 2025

Organizing Project

Advancing the Field of Forensic Pathology: Lessons Learned from Death in Custody Investigations

Contact

Dr. Anne-Marie Mazza

amazza@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy (Spring Meeting 2025)

June 5 - 6, 2025

Past

About

The Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy will meet June 5 and 6, 2025, in closed session.

Organizing Project

Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy

Contact

Contact us

cosempup@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Symposium

The State of the Science Address 2025

June 3, 2025

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)

Past

Agenda

Delivered by Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences

"America can’t be great without great science—which is fundamental to U.S. economic growth, national security, and the prosperity and well-being of all our citizens. In my address, I hope to provide a clear picture of the current trends in the research enterprise, likely outcomes, and ways that the scientific community can respond to this new and challenging environment." —Marcia McNutt

Session Materials

Program for the State of the Science Address 2025
Moderated by:
Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Science and Policy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Kelvin K. Droegemeier is Professor of Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences and Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Science and Policy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He previously spent 38 years on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma, where he served for nearly a decade as Vice President for Research. He co-founded and directed one of the first 11 NSF Science and Technology Centers and co-founded an NSF Engineering Research Center. Droegemeier served as Oklahoma Cabinet Secretary for Science and Technology as well as two terms on the National Science Board, the last four years as Vice-Chairman. Most recently, he served as Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Science Advisor to the President, and Acting Director of NSF. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science and has served on and chaired numerous boards, including as Chair of the UCAR and SURA Boards of Trustees, and presently serves on the Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI), and the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEMPUP), of the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. In 2023, Droegemeier authored a book titled Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise.

Meet the Panel
Michael M. Crow, PhD
President, Arizona State University
Michael M. Crow is an educator, knowledge enterprise architect, science and technology policy scholar and higher education leader. He became the sixteenth president of Arizona State University in 2002 and has led ASU’s rapid and groundbreaking transformation into one of the world’s best public metropolitan research universities. As a model “New American University,” ASU simultaneously demonstrates comprehensive excellence, inclusivity representative of the ethnic and socioeconomic spectrum of the United States, and consequential societal impact.
Lauded as the “No.1 most innovative school” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for ten straight years, and garnering top accolades for its global impact and student employability, ASU is a student-centric, technology-enabled public enterprise focused on global challenges that grew its research expenditures more than eight-fold since 2003 and earned AAU membership in 2023. Under Crow’s leadership, it has established more than thirty new transdisciplinary schools, including the School of Earth and Space Exploration, the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and launched pioneering multidisciplinary initiatives including the Biodesign Institute, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, the nation’s first School of Sustainability, and significant initiatives in the humanities and social sciences.
ASU has concurrently achieved record-breaking levels of traditional, online and international student enrollment, first-year student quality and retention, and ethnic and socioeconomic inclusion.
A two-time member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Crow is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAA&S), and the American Philosophical Society (APS).

Tsu-Jae Liu, PhD
Dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
President-elect, National Academy of Engineering
Tsu-Jae King Liu earned her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering (EE) from Stanford University. From 1992-1996, she was a member of the research staff at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, where she worked on thin-film transistor technology for large-area electronics applications. In 1996, she joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley, where she has taught and conducted research on semiconductor devices and technology. She began her tenure as Dean of the College of Engineering in July 2018.
Liu has authored or co-authored over 550 publications and holds close to 100 patents. She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the National Academy of Inventors as well as an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Intel Corporation and for MaxLinear, Inc. Her research contributions have been recognized by many awards, including the DARPA Significant Technical Achievement Award for her role in the development of the FinFET, an advanced transistor design used in all leading-edge computer chips today.
In addition to excelling in research, Liu has demonstrated a strong commitment to enhancing the educational experience of students. As dean, she has bolstered programs to support the academic success and well-being of both undergraduate and graduate engineering students, including supporting the success of women and students from underrepresented minority groups and first-generation college students. Liu's most recent initiative is to renovate and expand the Berkeley engineering student center, to create more welcoming and inclusive spaces for students to learn, discover, and innovate together; this construction project is slated to break ground in spring 2023. Liu has also been spearheading a nationwide effort, called the American Semiconductor Academy (ASA) initiative, to establish a collaborative and inclusive national network for microelectronics education, to meet the workforce development needs of the U.S. microelectronics industry. For her outstanding contributions in education, Liu was honored with the IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award.

Lynne E. Parker, PhD
Principal Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)

Dr. Lynne Parker is Principal Deputy Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) and Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology (PCAST). In these roles, she is advancing policies across the spectrum of science and technology, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI). She has previously served in numerous other White House positions, including Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer, Founding Director of the National AI Initiative Office, and Assistant Director of OSTP for AI. In these capacities, she has led the development of numerous landmark national AI policies bolstering research, governance, education, and workforce training, international engagement, and the Federal use of AI.
In addition to her White House roles, she has held numerous other leadership positions, including at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Associate Vice Chancellor, Leader of the AI Tennessee Initiative, and Professor of Computer Science), the National Science Foundation (Division Director), and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Distinguished Research and Development Staff Member and Group Leader). She has authored numerous peer-reviewed technical papers and is a Fellow of several professional societies. She received her Ph.D. in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Heather Wilson, PhD
President, The University of Texas at El Paso
Former Member of the U.S. Congress representing New Mexico and former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
Dr. Heather Wilson became President of The University of Texas at El Paso in 2019 after serving as Secretary of the United States Air Force. She is the former president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and she represented New Mexico in the United States Congress for 10 years.
Active in community and national affairs, she is a member of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, and serves as a board member of the Texas Space Commission. She was the inaugural Chair of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities, and is a member of the board of directors of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Google GPS.
Dr. Wilson is the granddaughter of immigrants and was the first person in her family to go to college. She graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in the third class to admit women and earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Oxford University in England as a Rhodes Scholar.
UTEP is located on the U.S.-Mexico border – in the fifth largest manufacturing region in North America – and serves over 24,000 students with 170 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs in nine colleges and schools. In the top 5% of public universities in the United States for research and designated a community-engaged university by the Carnegie Foundation, UTEP is America’s leading Hispanic-serving university. It is the fourth largest research university in Texas and serves a student body that is 84% Hispanic.
President Wilson is an instrument-rated private pilot. She and her husband, Jay Hone, have two adult children and two granddaughters.

About

Delivered by NAS President Marcia McNutt

The second annual State of the Science address explored the current status of the U.S. research enterprise and strategies for navigating a rapidly changing scientific landscape.

The address was followed by a panel moderated by Kelvin Droegemeier, former science adviser to President Trump and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 2019 to 2021.

Program of Events

Organizing Project

The Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust

Contact

Contact us

SotS@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

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It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Webinar

Research Quality, Transparency, Rigor, and Innovation in a Changing Scientific Landscape

May 29, 2025

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

This webinar examined how transparency, rigor, and quality shape research and innovation. Featuring perspectives from government, industry, and philanthropy, the discussion explored ways to uphold scientific integrity while driving progress.

Expert panelists discussed challenges and opportunities for collaboration, highlighting strategies to ensure that quality and transparency foster innovation. They explored how scientific rigor supports credible, scalable advancements, offering actionable insights for the future of scientific development.

Speakers:

Devon Crawford, Program Director, Office of Research Quality, NINDS, NIH

Prachee Avasthi, Co-founder and CSO, Arcadia Science

Cara Altimus, Managing Director, Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration, Milken Institute

Sheila Garrity, Director, Office of Research Integrity, HHS

Moderator:

Nick Hao Zhang, GUIPRR Mirzayan Fellow

Organizing Project

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable Webinars

Contact

GUIPRR Staff

guiprr@nas.edu

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It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Workshop

Assessing Research Security Efforts in Higher Education: A Workshop

May 22 - 23, 2025

Past

Materials

About

This two-day public workshop focused on potential measures of effectiveness and performance, and the data needed, to assess research security and protection efforts in higher education by a range of federal agencies.

Organizing Project

Assessing Research Security Efforts in Higher Education: Experts Meeting and Workshop Series

Contact

Steven Kendall

(202) 334-1713
skendall@nas.edu

Location

National Academy of Sciences Building

2101 Constitution Ave NW

Washington DC 20418, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research Committee Meeting #2

May 21 - 23, 2025

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The National Academies will hold the Committee on Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research's second meeting from May 21 to May 23.

There will be an open session available for livestream on May 21 from 11 am to 3 pm ET. Registration now available.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

All committee members were present.

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

In closed session, committee members discussed the report outline, major takeaways from the open session, and the goals of the report. Committee members also discussed current regulations in the academic research landscape as they relate to the report’s outline. The National Academies staff also held a required supplemental bias and conflict of interest discussion for new committee members and those who were absent from the first meeting.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

- Briefing Book
- Report Outline

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

June 02, 2025

Organizing Project

Improving the Regulatory Efficiency and Reducing Administrative Workload to Strengthen Competitiveness and Productivity of U.S. Research

Contact

Alex Helman

(202) 334-2566
ahelman@nas.edu

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