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Appendix B: National Science Board, Federal Research Resources: Process for Setting Priorities, Recommendations
Pages 37-40

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... RESEARCH COMMUNITY INPUT ON NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES Presently there is no widely accepted and broadly applied way for the Federal Government to obtain systematic input from the science and engineering communities to inform budget choices on support for research and research infrastructure. The current system often fails to produce advice and information on a schedule useful to the budget process and responsive to needs for broad-based, informed assessments of the benefits and costs of 3National Science Board, Federal Research Resources: A Process for Setting Priorities (NSB 01-156)
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... CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY MECHANISM There is no coherent congressional mechanism for considering allocation decisions for research within the framework of the broad Federal research portfolio. Though improvements in the White House process particularly expansion of activities and resources available to OSTP would benefit congressional allocation decisions, one or more congressional mechanisms to provide expert input to research allocation decision are badly needed.
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... INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS Both relative and absolute international statistical data and assessments should be a major component of the information base to support Executive Branch and Congressional research budget allocation decisions. International benchmarking of U.S.
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... EXECUTIVE BRANCH ADVISORY MECHANISM The Executive Branch should implement a more robust advisory mechanism, expanding on and enhancing current White House mechanisms for S&T budget coordination and priority setting in OSTP and OMB. It is particularly essential that the advisory mechanism include participants who are experienced in making choices among excellent opportunities or neecis for research, for example, vice provosts for research in universities, active researchers with breadth of vision, and managers of major industrial research programs.
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