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PAPERBACK list:$43.75 Web:$39.38 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $33.50 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Critical Needs for Research in Veterinary Science Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms Other Related Titles National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research (2000) Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 146   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix E Committee Members’ Experience with the National Research Initiative, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation On the basis of information provided by committee members, the committee’s experience with the NRI, NIH, and NSF can be summarized as follows:   No. Committee Members Type of Experience/Activity NRI NIH NSF Panel membera 7 4 3 Grant recipient 10 3 6 Application turned down 8 5 6 Application pending 3 0 1 Currently using grant 8 0 4 Never applied 3 8 5 a Four committee members indicated participation in panels of other agencies or programs (Department of Energy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Small Business Innovation Research, and Binational Agricultural Research and Development Foudnation), and four committee members have not served on any panel. As educators, six committee members supervised about 40 NRI grant applications (while not on NRI grants), of which 20 were successful. Page 146 Front Matter (R1-R14) Table of Contents (R15-R20) Executive Summary (1-14) 1 Introduction (15-20) 2 Value of Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research (21-28) 3 The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (29-40) 4 Role and Scope of the NRI Program (41-57) 5 Priorities and Priority-Setting at the NRI (58-72) 6 Organizational and Funding Issues (73-86) 7 Recommendations (87-100) Appendixes (101-102) A Section 1615 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (103-107) B Survey on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (108-111) C External Views of the NRI (112-140) D Outline for Interviews (June 16, 1998) with USDA Professional Staff on Interal Workings on the NRI Program (141-145) E Committee Members (146-146) F NRI Applications Funded (147-147) G Contributions of NRI to Major Scientific Advances in Food, Fiber, and Natural Resources (148-169) H Research Needs in Food, Fiber, and Natural Resources (170-180) I Grant Performance Follow-on for Quality Evaluation (181-181) References (182-184) About the Authors (185-192)

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