Federal Research Opportunities: DOE, DOD, and HHS Need Better Guidance for Participant Activities
GAO (2016) Federal Research Opportunities: DOE, DOD, and HHS Need Better Guidance for Participant Activities, Report No. GAO-16-128, Jan 2016
For fiscal years 2010 through 2014, the 11 departments and other federal agencies that sponsor research participants collectively expended $776.4 million for activities carried out through the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) research participation program (ORISE program). The three agencies with the highest expenditures for the program over the 5-year period were the Department of Energy (DOE), which oversees the contractor managing ORISE, and the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which both sponsor research participants via interagency agreements with DOE. Expenditures increased 73 percent over that period, and the number of appointments increased 42 percent. Stipends accounted for 82 percent of expenditures over that period, with the remainder going to other participant expenses, overhead and program support, and administrative and security charges. Agencies' expenditures per appointment varied for several reasons, such as differences in methods of setting stipends.
Publication type:
project report
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2016
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/680/674697.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Federal Research Opportunities: DOE, DOD, and HHS Need Better Guidance for Participant Activities (STAA)