Setting Priorities for Large Research Facility Projects Supported by the National Science Foundation

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Committee on Setting Priorities for NSF-Sponsored Large Research Facility Projects, National Research Council
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In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over the years, these facilities have come to represent an increasingly prominent part of the nation s R&D ...
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Front Matter	i-xx
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1 Introduction	7-10	(skim)
2 Description of National Science Foundation's Current Process	11-18	(skim)
3 Concerns About National Science Foundation's Current Priority-Setting Process	19-20	(skim)
4 Recommendations	21-34	(skim)
5 Implementing the Recommendations	35-44	(skim)
6 Conclusion	45-46	(skim)
7 Bibliography	47-50	(skim)
Appendix A: Committee and Professional Staff Biographical Information	51-62	(skim)
Appendix B: Charge to the Committee and Origins of the Study	63-76	(skim)
Appendix C: Histories of Projects Funded by NSF	77-146	(skim)
Appendix D: Approval Processes in Other Agencies and Other Countries	147-182	(skim)
Appendix E: Examples of Criteria Used to Prioritize or Select	183-194	(skim)
Appendix F: NSF Background Materials	195-206	(skim)
Appendix G: Executive Summary of COSEPUP Report Major Award Decisionmaking at the National Science Foundation	207-216	(skim)

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In 1995, the National Science Foundation (NSF) created a special account to fund large (several tens of millions of dollars) research facilities. Over the years, these facilities have come to represent an increasingly prominent part of the nation s R&D portfolio. Recently concern has intensified about the way NSF is selecting projects for this account. In 2003, six U.S. Senators including the chair and ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations expressed these concerns in a letter to the NRC asking it to review the current prioritization process and report to us on how it can be improved. This report presents a series of recommendations on how NSF can improve its priority setting process for large research facilities. While noting that NSF has improved this process, the report states that further strengthening is needed if NSF is to meet future demands for such projects.

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