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Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC)

BOSC Review of ORD’s 2019-2022 Strategic Research Action Plans and ORD's Response to BOSC Recommendations

The first document below is a BOSC review of the EPA Office of Research and Development's (ORD) Strategic Research Action Plans for 2019-2022.
The second document is ORD's response to BOSC recomendations, italicized and in red, within the original BOSC report.

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BOSC Review of ORD’s New Strategic Research Action Plans 2019 (PDF)(146 pp, 2 MB, August 2019)
US EPA Office of Research and Development's Response to the Board of Scientific Counselors Review of its Research Programs (PDF)(164 pp, 2 MB, March 2020)
This is EPA ORD's Response to BOSC Recommendations in their August 2019 report. The BOSC reviewed ORD's Strategic Research Action Plans for 2019-2022. ORD’s responses to the BOSC recommendations are italicized in red print.