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8 Funding Mechanisms
8 Funding Mechanisms
Pages 86-89
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As shown in Figure 8-1, the AFOSR FY 2004 budget authority included $205 million for 6.1 defense research and $104 million for university research initiatives (URI) , both distributed in the form of extramural grants to universities, contracts to industry, and intramural grants to Air Force in-house laboratories.
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The committee agrees with that choice, because the academic setting is well suited for long-range, basic research and has a time-tested record of success. A small number of grants are held by investigators within AFRL, which is appropriate for topics that require in-depth understanding within the Air Force or that have not yet caught the attention of strong academic researchers.
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Using whichever funding mechanisms are appropriate, AFOSR should maintain a healthy balance between theory, experimentation, and transition efforts. This balance can be achieved only by providing freedom to program managers to resist pressures toward short-term goals, which in the long run will not serve the Air Force well because the Air Force long-term challenges are dominated by IS&T.
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. In others it will be essential to develop teams of researchers, perhaps on the scale of MURIs, to meet the challenges posed by the Air Force long-term goals.
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