National Academies – National Research Council

Since 1959, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) National Research Council (NRC) has assessed the technical merit, relevance, and quality of NIST's (previously NBS's) laboratory programs in the context of NIST's mission. The NASEM review is independent, technically sophisticated, and extensive. Panel members are selected by the NASEM NRC from leaders in industry, academia, non-profit organizations and other federal agencies and government laboratories. The assessments focus on NIST-wide ongoing needs and activities.

The following reports are posted with permission from the National Academy of Sciences, courtesy of the National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. These reports are presented in .pdf. To read these files, you can download Adobe Acrobat Reader free.

FY 2023 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2023
• An Assessment of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Fiscal Year 2023
• An Assessment of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Fiscal Year 2023 

FY 2023 Special Assessment

• Workplace Safety in Hybrid Federal Laboratories: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief (2023)

FY 2022 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2022

FY 2021 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Fiscal Year 2021
• An Assessment of the Informational Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Fiscal Year 2021
• An Assessment of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology:  Fiscal Year 2021

FY 2020 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2020
• An Assessment of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2020

FY 2019 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2019

FY 2018 Assessments

• An Assessment of Four Divisions of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2018
• An Assessment of the Center for Neutron Research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2018
• An Assessment of Four Divisions of the Physical Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2018

FY 2017 Assessments

• An Assessment of the Smart Manufacturing Activities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2017
• An Assessment of the Material Measurement Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2017

FY 2016 Assessments

• An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology: Fiscal Year 2016

FY 2015 Assessments

• An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Physical Measurement Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2015
• Review of Three Divisions of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2015
• An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Neutron Research: Fiscal Year 2015
• Telecommunications Research and Engineering at the Communications Technology Laboratory of the Department of Commerce: Meeting the Nation's Telecommunications Needs (2015)

FY 2014 Assessments

• An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Material Measurement Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014
• An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2014

FY 2013 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2013

FY 2012 Assessments

• A Review of the Manufacturing-Related Programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2012

The NRC also convened a Panel of Experts to prepare a study of best practices in the assessment of R&D organizations, in order to provide NIST information on peer review and performance evaluation systems. This report is available from the National Academies Press.

FY 2011 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, FY 2011
• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2011
• An Assessment of NIST Information Technology Laboratory, FY 2011

FY 2010 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, FY 2010
• An Assessment of the NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, FY 2010
• An Assessment of the NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, FY 2010
• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2010
• As Assessment of the Physics Laboratory, FY 2010

FY 2009 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, FY 2009
• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2009
• An Assessment of the NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, FY 2009
• An Assessment of the NIST Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, FY 2009
• An Assessment of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory, FY 2009

FY 2008 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2008
• An Assessment of the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, FY 2008
• An Assessment of the NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, FY 2008
• An Assessment of the NIST Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, FY 2008
• An Assessment of the NIST Physics Laboratory, FY 2008

FY 2007 Assessments

• An Assessment of the NIST Center for Neutron Research, FY 2007
• An Assessment of the NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, FY 2007
• An Assessment of the NIST Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory, FY 2007
• An Assessment of the NIST Information Technology Laboratory, FY 2007