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Appendix C: Statement of Task and Congressional Mandate
Pages 119-122

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... and EPSCoR-like programs of seven federal agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautical and Space Administration, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The committee will evaluate the management and effectiveness of the programs in achieving their goals; explore how well they are integrated with other activities and initiatives of the respective agencies; and assess how well the overall efforts align with the larger federal mission of nurturing the health and productivity of the nation's scientific and engineering research enterprise.
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... This evaluation will include, but not be limited to, program management, investment strategies and their effectiveness in building research capacity, and the effectiveness of strategies to increase the number of new investigators receiving peer-reviewed funding, to broaden participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering, and to empower knowledge generation, dissemination, application, and national research and development competitiveness; E Coordinate the development and implementation of new, novel workshops, outreach activities, and follow-up mentoring activities for researchers at colleges and universities in EPSCoR jurisdictions in order to increase the number of proposals submitted to and funded by the agencies; F
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... An assessment of the effectiveness of EPSCoR jurisdictions in using awards to develop science and engineering research, education, and infrastructure; and E Any other issues that address the effectiveness of EPSCoR as the National Academy of Sciences considers appropriate.
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