Since 1992 the Department of Defense (DOD), through the U.S. Army Medical
Research and Material Command, has received congressionally earmarked appropriations
for programs of biomedical research on prostate, breast, and ovarian cancer;
neurofibromatosis; tuberous sclerosis; and other health problems. Appropriations for
these Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs are used to support peer
reviewed extramural research project, training, and infrastructure grants.
Congress has become concerned about funding increases for these programs
given current demands on the military budget. At the request of Congress, the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined possibilities of augmenting program funding
from alternative sources. The resulting IOM book, Strategies to Leverage Research
Funding: Guiding DOD's Peer Reviewed Medical Research Programs, focuses on nonfederal
and private sector contributions that could extend the appropriated funds without
biasing the peer review project selection process.
- Cover
- Front Matter
- CLIMATE ENGINEERING
- Introduction--David S. Sholl and Armin Sorooshian
- Overview of Climate Engineering--Eli Kintisch
- Removing Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere: Possibilities and Challenges of Air Capture--Christopher W. Jones
- Offsetting Climate Change by Engineering Air Pollution to Brighten Clouds--Lynn M. Russell
- Climate Engineering with Stratospheric Aerosols and Associated Engineering Parameters--Ben Kravitz
- VEHICLE ELECTRIFICATION
- Introduction--Michael W. Degner and Sanjeev Naik
- Keeping Up with Increasing Demands for Electrochemical Energy Storage--Jeff Sakamoto
- Stronger, Lighter, and More Energy Efficient: Challenges of Magnetic Material Development for Vehicle Electrification--Matthew A. Willard
- Analysis of Projected Impact of Plug-in Electric Vehicles on the Distribution Grid--Arindam Maitra
- The Car and the Cloud: Automotive Architectures for 2020--Rahul Mangharam
- SERIOUS GAMES
- Introduction--Li-Te Cheng and Ben Sawyer
- Moving Innovative Game Technology from the Lab to the Living Room--Richard Marks
- Playing to Win: Serious Games for Business--Phaedra Boinodiris
- ENGINEERING MATERIALS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL INTERFACE
- Engineering Materials for the Biological Interface--Karen J. L. Burg and Ali Khademhosseini
- Engineering Tissue-to-Tissue Interfaces and the Formation of Complex Tissues--Helen H. Lu
- Identification and Modulation of Biophysical Signals That Control Stem Cell Function and Fate--David V. Schaffer
- Engineering 3D Tissue Systems to Better Mimic Human Biology--Matthew Gevaert
- APPENDIXES
- Contributors
- Program
- Participants
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