National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) Update May 2000: 21 Priorities for the 21st Century

A report on the first four years after the implementation of NORA. The successes of the program include:

An enthusiastic and productive, broad-based NORA Liaison Committee.
Successful efforts of 20 NORA teams, including outreach; conferences and symposia; and production of white papers, documents, and journal articles.
The participation of a large number of federal agencies in NORA activities.
A successful grants process which has produced record-breaking funding for targeted occupational safety and health research in Fiscal Years 1998, 1999, and 2000.
Two surveys (in Fiscal Years 1996 and 1998) of federal occupational safety and health research investment.
Evidence that a national research agenda was, and continues to be, needed and thatNORA research priority areas were well chosen.
Recognition that NORA continues to be used as a model for public-private partnerships and is being widely used by other organizations in similar planning efforts.
For the first time, a broad-based network of public and private partnerships in occupational safety and health.