Thanks for the question.
Again, we share curiosity about some of the operational details and we value the opportunity we had to outline things that we think should be considered to operationalize well. We think that all the intentions that have been shared and the aspirations are great, but a lot of it is that the devil's in the details, and implementation is very important.
We agree that huge operational streamlining and efficiencies can be gained by having all three granting agencies under one umbrella. To your point about how this could help with speed, when the pandemic hit, we didn't have a go-to spot to set up rapid response research that was as transdisciplinary and robust as we will need going forward for such things.
I think it was Chad Gaffield who earlier talked about that one door that will allow the government, when a major crisis or opportunity or challenge reaches a boiling point, to have a mechanism through which each of the three autonomous, investigator-led, discipline-rich organizations can more systematically use their power to work together on transdisciplinary challenges.