NORA Agendas

The National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) is a partnership program to stimulate innovative research and improved workplace practices. NORA uses a sector and cross-sector based approach to define and meet high priority needs through NORA Councils . The councils develop Agendas with research priorities for the nation and encourage partnerships to address those areas and promote improved workplace practices, all using open processes. After considering public comments on a draft version, agendas are considered finalized, although each council considers its Agenda to be a “living” document subject to updating as necessary.

Councils are writing Agendas for the third decade of NORA (2016-2026). The final agendas are listed below.

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Third Decade Sector and Cross-Sector Agendas

Sector Agendas

• National Occupational Research Agenda for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing (AgFF) from the NORA AgFF Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Construction by the NORA Construction Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Healthcare and Social Assistance (HCSA) from the NORA HCSA Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Manufacturing from the NORA Manufacturing Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Mining from the NORA Mining Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Oil and Gas Extraction from the NORA Oil and Gas Extraction Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Public Safety from the NORA Public Safety Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Services from the NORA Services Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities (TWU) from the NORA TWU Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Wholesale and Retail Trade (WRT) from the NORA WRT Council

Cross-Sector Agendas

• National Occupational Research Agenda for Cancer, Reproductive, Cardiovascular and Other Chronic Disease Prevention (CRC) from the NORA CRC Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Hearing Loss Prevention from the NORA Hearing Loss Prevention Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Immune, Infectious, and Dermal Disease Prevention (IID) from the NORA IID Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Musculoskeletal Health from the NORA Musculoskeletal Health Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Respiratory Health from the NORA Respiratory Health Council
• National Occupational Research Agenda for Traumatic Injury Prevention from the NORA Traumatic Injury Prevention Council