Table 6 About intelligence acquisition across funding institutions by case

Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

• CIHR shall answer to the minister’s request for advice (CIHR Act)

• Achievements of CIHR available in implementation reports, audit reports, international reviews

• Input from scientific directors of institutes for the strategy of CIHR

• Archives on reports of CIHR, minutes of board

• Published management response to reviews of programmes

• Initiatives and tri-council fund across institutes

• Seek inputs from research community on mission achievements

Australia, National Health and Medical Research Agency (NHMRC)

• Pre-established profile of expertise for institution members depending on health domains

• Targeted call for research drafted by NHMRC alone or on demand from Australian health authorities

• Participation in developing national strategies for research infrastructure investment

United States, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Office of Legislative Policy and Analysis (OLPA) to track bills, laws, hearings, legislative updates, congress committees of interest to NIH

• Upon director’s request, input on strategy development come from the Council of Public Representatives (COPR)

• For emerging opportunities and rising health challenges, the division of programme coordination, planning and strategic initiatives accelerates investments

• Excel by managing for results (bibliometrics, dynamic model of workforce, etc.)

Singapore, National Medical Research Agency (NMRC)

• Revisiting policies with the inputs from researchers, research offices of institutions, finance and human resource personnel

• Engagement to give feedback on suggestions that are rejected in development and revision of policies

• Research around top-down direction from Ministry of Health

Sweden, Swedish Research Agency (SRC) and Scientific Council for Medicine (SCM)

• Majority of board members of SRC and SCM elected by the research community

• Assessment of Swedish participation in EU framework programme

• Evaluation of 20 research environment funded by Linnaeus grant

• Monitoring of research policy development (bibliometric studies)

United Kingdom, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)

• Multiple partnerships with private and charity organisations

• Industry liaison team at NIHR

• Support for evidence-based medicine and evidence-based policy-making (health technology assessment, Cochrane Centres, etc.)

The Netherlands, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)

• Evaluations of programmes and of ZonMW

• Programme committee investigates the urgency and relevance of researches proposed by the ministry

• Two institutions head ZonMW

• In 2015, undertook wide consultation of civilians, companies, researchers and social organisations to provide questions to the scientific community, with attached roadmaps