Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.

“Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.” is a supplemental task performed by Biologists. Among the occupation's 22 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#21 most important). About 40% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Develop research plans or methodologies. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Research environmental effects of present and potential uses of land and water areas, determining methods of improving environmental conditions or such outputs as crop yields. · importance 4.2
• Program and use computers to store, process, and analyze data. · importance 4.1
• Prepare technical and research reports, such as environmental impact reports, and communicate the results to individuals in industry, government, or the general public. · importance 4.1
• Supervise biological technicians and technologists and other scientists. · importance 4.1
• Develop and maintain liaisons and effective working relations with groups and individuals, agencies, and the public to encourage cooperative management strategies or to develop information and interpret findings. · importance 4.0
• Identify, classify, and study structure, behavior, ecology, physiology, nutrition, culture, and distribution of plant and animal species. · importance 4.0
• Study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and function. · importance 4.0
• Collect and analyze biological data about relationships among and between organisms and their environment. · importance 3.9
• Review reports and proposals, such as those relating to land use classifications and recreational development, for accuracy, adequacy, or adherence to policies, regulations, or scientific standards. · importance 3.9
• Study aquatic plants and animals and environmental conditions affecting them, such as radioactivity or pollution. · importance 3.8
• Study and manage wild animal populations. · importance 3.8
• Write grant proposals to obtain funding for biological research. · importance 3.8
• Prepare plans for management of renewable resources. · importance 3.8
• Teach or supervise students and perform research at universities and colleges. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Biologists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-181,
  title  = {Plan and administer biological research programs for government, research firms, medical industries, or manufacturing firms.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-181}
}