FDA NCTR Research Management
Investment ID: 009-000005331
Overview
Program Title
FDA NCTR Research Management
Description
RMS is an investment used by Center management, to plan and monitor research and ensure efficient use of NCTR resources. It supports the mission by providing tools for NCTR Office of Research and Office of Management to enable proper planning of research projects and conduct activity-based management of personnel, laboratory equipment, supplies, facilities, and animals. The investment is comprised of one system with multiple modules. A majority of the modules are applications developed and maintained at NCTR by Government FTE's. There are no software development contracts.
Type of Program
Non-major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The RMS provides essential tools for gathering data and for providing the necessary decision support mechanisms used to allocate available resources to new and/or ongoing research efforts.
Collect resource (labor hour and dollar) costs consumed in support of specific projects (protocols).
Collect information on the infrastructure related tasks to support the research environment.
Provide the means to monitor and control research activities from the genesis of a research concept to its final work products.
Ensure that appropriate government and other non-contract labor resources are available to support approved protocols.
By providing mechanisms to plan research activities, RMS ensures valuable resources are marshaled in an effective and efficient manner. The components of RMS have been fine tuned based on years of managing and planning toxicology research. This allows NCTR and FDA management to ensure the regulatory scientific research at NCTR is on target and aligns with Agency goals to protect the Public.
Collect resource (labor hour and dollar) costs consumed in support of specific projects (protocols).
Collect information on the infrastructure related tasks to support the research environment.
Provide the means to monitor and control research activities from the genesis of a research concept to its final work products.
Ensure that appropriate government and other non-contract labor resources are available to support approved protocols.
By providing mechanisms to plan research activities, RMS ensures valuable resources are marshaled in an effective and efficient manner. The components of RMS have been fine tuned based on years of managing and planning toxicology research. This allows NCTR and FDA management to ensure the regulatory scientific research at NCTR is on target and aligns with Agency goals to protect the Public.