Interagency Coordination 



The U.S. agencies engaged in genome research meet fomially under the auspices 

 of the White House Office of Scientific and Teclinology Policy. The 

 Department of Agriculture is initiating a genomics program. The National 

 Science Foundation has computational and informatics programs supportive of 

 genomics in addition to individual awards in genetics and molecular biology. The 

 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a private foundation, contributes substantially to the 

 genome effort through its support of biomedical research and related infrastructure. The 

 National Institutes of Health (NIH) started its own genome program in 1988. The NIH 

 program complements the DOE program by supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral 

 training in molecular genetics, studying model organisms, emphasizing genetic 

 diseases, and preparing human genetic maps requiring family studies. 



Interagency Coordination of Genome Research 



White House Office of Science 

 and Technology Policy (OSTP) 



Federal Coordinating Council 



on Science, Engineering and 



Technology (FCCSET) 



National Science 

 Foundation 



National Institutes 

 of Health 



Standing Committee 

 on the Life Sciences 



Subcommittee 



on the Human 



Genome 



Department 

 of Energy 



Department 

 of Agriculture 



Howard Hughes 

 fvledical Institute 



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