NORA Milestones
July 1995 - May 1999

NORA Development
July 1995         NIOSH commits to lead the creation of a
                  research Agenda for occupational safety 
                  and health
				  
September 1995    Agenda framework developed and 50 potential
                  topics identified by an initial working group
                  of internal and external scientists

November 1995     First National public meeting convened to 
                  provide input into the Agenda and discuss
                  criteria for priorities

January 1996      Four additional working groups (NIOSH,
                  external researchers, health professionals,
                  other stakeholders) expand and prioritize
                  research areas

February 1996     Three town meetings (Boston, Chicago, and 
                  Seattle) convened 

March 1996        Second national public meeting held to review
                  the draft Agenda

April 1996        Final Agenda unveiled - The National Occupational
                  Research Agenda identified 21 priority research
                  areas to guide occupational safety and health
                  research (released on NIOSH 25th Anniversary)
					

NORA Implementation Year 1
November 1996     Partnership teams formed for each priority area
                  to implement NORA

February 1997     First ever survey conducted of federal 
                  (non-NIOSH) resources (FY 1996) committed to
                  occupational safety and health research

July 1997         First NORA Implementation Symposium held at the
                  National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
                  NORA Update 1997 document released
				  

NORA Implementation Year 2
November 1997     Congress appropriated $5 million for the
                  implementation of NORA 

Jan-Feb 1998      Three NIH Institutes each contributed $1 million
                  to NORA research priorities

March 1998        NIOSH and NIH partners announced a Request for
                  Applications (RFA) for the largest ever funding
                  for targeted occupational safety and health
                  research ($8 million)
 
                  American Association of Occupational Health
                  Nurses and the American College of Occupational
                  and Environmental Medicine established a joint
                  research award, giving emphasis to NORA in the
                  selection criteria

April 1998        NORA logo created

May 1998          NORA and the asphalt partnership both selected
                  as semifinalists (two of 100 semifinalists - 
                  two of 19 federal semifinalists) for the Ford
                  Foundation and Harvard University's 1998 
                  Innovations in American Government Awards Program
                  from an initial pool of 1,420 applicants
				  
                  First issue of the NORA newsletter, NORA News,
                  distributed
				  
                  NORA Web site mounted
				  
July 1998         NORA Update 1998 document released

September 1998    Asphalt research partnership selected as one
                  of 25 finalists in the 1998 Innovations in
                  American Government awards program
				  
                  First private sector funds (Aetna U.S. Health
                  Care) leveraged for NORA research (musculoskeletal
                  disorders project)