Guidelines for the Review of Scientific Directors
Outline of Process and Format
- IC Director sends a letter to the Chair of the IC Advisory
Council or Board, requesting that the review of the IC Scientific
Director be performed. The Council or Board is requested to
establish an ad hoc committee, composed of at least four members,
that will report to the IC's Advisory Council or Board. The
committee may contain one member who is a present or former BSC
member, while the others may be drawn from the IC Advisory Council
or Board, former IC intramural scientists, and other senior
scientists and scientific administrators. The BSC cannot carry out
this review since the BSC is charged with reviewing the Intramural
Research Program, but not its scientific and administrative
directions.
- Scientific Director, IC, submits a report, covering the four
to six year period since the previous review, to the chair of the
ad hoc committee entitled: "Report of the Scientific Director, IC,
to the Chair, for Review." This report should describe short- and
long-term goals and program achievements since the previous review
or since assuming the position of SD.
- Ad hoc committee conducts review of the Scientific Director,
IC, which should include interviews with the Scientific Director,
Lab/Branch Chiefs, IC scientists at all levels, the IC Director,
and the DDIR. Letters of reference may be solicited as
appropriate.
- Chair, ad hoc committee, submits a report to the Advisory
Council or Board, via the IC Director, entitled "Review of the
Scientific Director (IC)". The report should comment on the
overall performance of the SD as head of the intramural program,
including, but not limited to, the scientific vision and
administrative skills of the SD, the quality of training and
mentoring within the IRP, success in assuring diversity and fair
treatment of scientists within the IRP, the administrative style
of the SD, relationships with the Lab/Branch Chiefs and the
offices of the IC Director and the DDIR, and recommendations. The
Advisory Council or Board will make recommendations to the IC
Director and DDIR based on the report. A response from the IC
Director should be made to the IC Advisory Council or Board and
the DDIR within six months.
Suggested Elements of the Report
- Performance of the Scientific Director (related to overall
quality of the Intramural Research Program and its future
directions)
- Administrative Style (of the Scientific Director)
- Scientific Review Process (of the BSC, IC)
- Relationship with the Office of the Director, IC
- Relationships with the Laboratory /Branch Chiefs
- Attachments
- Copy of letter from the Chair, Ad hoc committee, to
References
- List of references who received letters
- Copies of reference letters received
Reference Manual
Chapter 3005: Review and Evaluation of Intramural
Programs
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