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programs described in Chapters 3 and 4 to: (1) recommend a broadening of the NSF structure to respond to a more diverse spectrum of interdisciplinary multi-investigator programs; (2) recommend how future programs should be structured; and possibly most importantly, (3) recommend mechanisms to identify scientific challenges meriting the tremendous effort represented by major research programs.
