NORA Milestones
July 1995 - May 1999
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July 1995NIOSH commits to lead the creation of an Agenda 
September 1995Agenda framework developed and 50 potential topics identified by initial working group of internal and external scientists
November 1995First National public meeting to provide input into Agenda and discuss criteria for priorities
January 1996Four additional working groups (NIOSH, external researchers, health professionals, other stakeholders) expand and prioritize priority areas
February 1996Three town meetings (Boston, Chicago, and Seattle) convened
March 1996Second National public meeting to review Agenda and draft report
April 1996Final Agenda-National Occupational Research Agenda-identifies 21 priority research areas to guide occupational safety and health research (released on NIOSH 25th Anniversary)
November 1996Partnership teams formed to implement the NORA priorities
January 1997First Best Practices Conference for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Chicago, IL
February 1997First ever survey of federal (non-NIOSH) resources committed to occupational safety and health research
July 1997First NORA Implementation Symposium held at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
July 1997NORA Update 1997 document released
October 1997The Traumatic Injury NORA Team convened the first ever National Occupational Injury Research Symposium, Morgantown, WV
November 1997Congress appropriates $5 million for the implementation of NORA
Jan-Feb 1998Three NIH Institutes each contribute $1 million to NORA research priorities
March 1998RFA for largest ever funding for targeted occupational safety and health research ($8 million) announced by NIOSH and NIH partners
March 1998American Association of Occupational Health Nurses and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine partner to establish a joint research award, with emphasis given to NORA in the selection criteria
April 1998NORA logo created
May 1998NORA 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.
May 1998First issue of the NORA newsletter NORA News distributed
May 1998NORA Web site mounted
July 1998NORA 1998 Update document released
September 1998Asphalt research partnership selected as one of 25 finalists in the 1998 Innovations in American Government awards program
September 1998First private sector funds (Aetna U.S. Health Care) leveraged for NORA research (musculoskeletal disorders project)
October 1998First NORA research grants announced- 49 grants totaling $8 million make up the single largest infusion of funding ever by the federal government for extramural investigator-initiated occupational health and safety research
October 1998NIOSH received permission to trademark the NORA logo
October 1998Congress continues to provide support for NORA through a $12 million appropriation in the FY 99 NIOSH budget
February 1999The President's FY 2000 budget proposal to Congress includes $12 million for NORA to support both intramural and extramural research and related activities.
March 1999Second survey of federal (non-NIOSH) resources committed to occupational safety and health research (FY 98)
March 1999Liaison Committee conducts two surveys to determine the effectiveness and reach of NORA among associations and private industry
March 1999NIOSH/NIH request NORA grant applications for FY 99 - $7.5 million in awards anticipated
April 1999NIOSH/EPA/NCI announced RFA for $1.5 million for research focusing on the development of cancer risk assessment methods and practices
May 1999NORA Update 1999 document released
May 1999First "NORA Partnering Award For Worker Health and Safety" awarded to the Asphalt Research Partnership
May 1999NORA Symposium 1999: Partnership for Research held at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
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This page was last updated: May 24, 1999
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