Planning and Implementing Strategically: Year 1 of the NINDS 2021-2026 Strategic Plan.

At the end of 2020, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, an institute of the National Institutes of Health, completed an 18 month-long strategic planning process that involved and engaged diverse internal and external biomedical and general stakeholders. The Institute published and disseminated its 2021-2026 Strategic Plan online in December 2020. Now, 1 year into its implementation, this progress report presents accomplishments to date, new initiatives and opportunities, and a preview of the metrics and benchmarks we will use to gauge the future progress of the strategic plan's implementation.