; and (2) report directly to the Assistant Administrator for Global Health. (d) Duties The Chief Innovation Officer for Health shall be responsible for the following: (1) Ensuring cross-sector, Agency-wide cooperation, support, and programming for global health research and development, for the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of international development programs of the Agency and supporting the foreign policy and development goals of the United States Government. (2) Drawing on the expertise of other departments and agencies of the United States Government and of nongovernmental organizations (including affected communities and institutions in low- or middle-income countries, businesses, health and science research organizations, and institutions of higher education) that pursue global health-related research and development, to identify the most pressing requirements for the development of health technologies to improve global health and programs of the Agency relating to global health. (3) Leveraging research and investments by other elements of the Agency, other departments and agencies of the United States Government, and nongovernmental organizations (including businesses, health and science research organizations, institutions of higher education, and governments or other institutions of partner countries) to support the research and development of new health technologies by the Chief Innovation Officer of Health. (4) Administering the processes for the award of grants, entry into partnerships, and joint establishment of other arrangements, to support global health research and development (including by administering the grant program under section 7 ). (5) Serving as the Chairperson of the Global Health Research and Development Advisory Council established under section 5 . (e) Authorities The Assistant Administrator for Global Health shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the Chief Innovation Officer for Health has sufficient authority within the Bureau for Global Health to