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3. Competitive Grant Programs in Other Federal Agencies
3. Competitive Grant Programs in Other Federal Agencies
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The committee was tasked specifically with addressing the STAR program in relation to other research grants programs. The agencies selected for review were ones that have partnered with STAR in supporting joint research.
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Planning affects project review criteria, project and program evaluation feeds into planning, and so on. Table 3-1 summarizes the procedural aspects of the various research programs that are reviewed here in comparison with that of the STAR program.
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Those goals set the context for research priorities that are defined in various ways through community pressure, disciplinary consensus agendas, professional-meeting agendas, review panels and advisory committees, staff input, and Director's Office and White House guidance (for example, in interagency budget initiatives)
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Evaluation Individual proj ects are evaluated on the basis of publications in refereed journals, presentations at professional meetings, and participation of students in the research. The success of a program or division in supporting a particular field of research or in developing a new multidisciplinary research field may be evaluated by advisory committees or by a more focused committee of visitors.
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Across the institutes in 2001, nearly 90°/0 of the $18.6 billion budget supported extramural research. The institutes use a variety of procurement mechanisms: grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts.
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The institute may also decide to release a specific RFA for a one-time competition in a well-defined scientific field. Opportunity Communication Program announcements and RFAs are released through standard federal publications and on the institute's Web site.
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CSR refers unsolicited proposals and responses to general program announcements to a scientific review group (SRG)
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Dissemination of Results Like NSF-supported research, NIH-supported research is disseminated through the normal mechanisms of the research community: journals and professional meetings. However, NIH planning meetings also bring together researchers and program officers to report on their work and to provide interactions that may result in future proposals.
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Those facilities are available to university researchers supported by DOE and other agencies; access to them is determined by independent peer-review committees commissioned by the facilities and the DOE programs. BER uses general program announcements for unsolicited proposals and for program-specific RFAs.
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University-laboratory collaboration may be encouraged; the preproposal enables the program manager to suggest useful collaborations. Proposal Review BER carries out peer review using a number of mechanisms: individual mail reviews, ad hoc committees, and standing committees as appropriate or required by legislation.
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But as in NSF, the DOE program manager visits investigators at universities and the national laboratories regularly to stay informed about progress and to support appropriate interactions among the investigators. BER programs also bring university and laboratory investigators together at regularmeetings, which support implementation, evaluation, and planning efforts.
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Although the program description provides guidance as to interests of the department and format for proposals, the proposals are considered to be unsolicited from a procurement perspective. NRI on occasion publishes directed program announcements for specific proposals.
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Opportunity Communication The NRI program description is made available in printed form and on the Internet. It is also published in the FecleraI Register and made available at scientific meetings and conferences.
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Implementation As in other grant programs, initial terms and conditions govern the performance ofthe grant. There is no official mechanism for NRI program managers to direct principal investigators during the term of the grant.
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Opportunity Communication NASA research announcements are broadly communicated on the NASA Web site and in print through the Commerce Business Daily and the Federal Register. The involvement of the community in the development
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The contractor maintains proposal and reviewer databases. The program manager suggests reviewers and works with the contractor to ensure conformance with conflict-of-interest rules.
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The National Research Council has also reviewed specific NASA programs; the SSB and the ASEB have standing committees that often review program activities (NASA 1999~. Dissemination of Results Of all the federal science and technology agencies, NASA is the only one that has a statutory mandate and receives specific funding for publicizing its mission and its results to both the technical community and the general public.
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OAR receives considerable input from the nation's major research universities, environmental managers, and the general public. Much of this input is coordinated by the National Sea Grant College Program network in the coastal states, by the National Underwater Research Program, and by the joint institutes.
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The regional character ofthe National Sea Grant College Program also provides opportunities for regular interaction between researchers at different institutions. Evaluation The Joint Institute Program, the Arctic Research Program, and the Office of Global Change Program are all evaluated through regular peerreview visits.
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They recognize that it is difficult to identify quantitative outcome metrics on problem-driven research even when mission-related, disciplinary topics can be identified. · In establishing and managing extramural research, the agencies deal with the same issues, and many face the same kind of mission-imperatives that underlie the STAR program.
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2000. National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research.
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