PPP Program Focus Areas
The National Institutes of Health Program on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) provides a number of resources and services to potential partners. For more information or details please contact the PPP Office.
- PPP Policies: protecting the interest of the public health and the NIH
- PPP Resource Development: resources, information, advice, communications
- Facilitating Relationships: for PPP development
- Practical Assistance: implementation, coordination, policy and document drafting and review
PPP Policies
Existing
- PPPs vs technology transfer
- Application of extant authorities
- Practical, ethical, and public perception aspects of interaction with outside parties
- Delegation of Federal Authority not permitted (for instance)
New
- Manual of Issuance Chapters
- PPPs (Manual Chapter 1167)
- MOUs (Manual Chapter 1168 – pending)
- Outside Support for Extramural Funding Initiatives (in clearance)
- Policy regarding use of the NIH name (in development)
PPP Resource Development
Resources
- Information
- Printed and web-based: http://ppp.od.nih.gov/
- Brochure (PDF Document, 2 pages)
- Listserv
- SharePoint Site
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Communication
- Newsletter (PDF Document, 15 pages) : PPP ADVISOR – New for Summer 2012! Please contact our PPP office to be added to our mailing list
- Archived PPP Newsletters (Past PPP Newsletters)
- Seminars planned
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes and Centers (ICs) meetings and presentations
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NIH PPP Coordinating Committee
- Trans-NIH group representing all ICs and a number of Office of the Director offices and programs
- Meets monthly for information exchange and outside speakers (for example, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Semiconductor Research Corporation, International Business Machines, Department of Energy, Foundation for the NIH (FNIH), The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America)
- Newsletter (PDF Document, 15 pages) : PPP ADVISOR – New for Summer 2012! Please contact our PPP office to be added to our mailing list
Practical Assistance
Implementation Assistance
- Meetings
- Workshops
- Drafting and reviewing agreements and policies
Coordination
- Interface with Office of the General Council, NIH Ethics Office, Office of Technology Transfer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other Federal agencies, etc.
- For example: The role of the PPP Program in The Biomarkers Consortium (BC) partnership includes:
- Staff IC Directors serving on the BC Executive Committee
- Support NIH co-chairs of Steering Committees
- Operational and policy coordination with FNIH (managing partner), other Federal partners (FDA and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), and others
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This page last updated: July 25, 2012