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7 Lessons for the Future: The Role of the National Science Foundation
7 Lessons for the Future: The Role of the National Science Foundation
Pages 96-102
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Major ocean programs provide a large-scale perspective, new measurement techniques, broader scientific relevance, and some societal relevance to the disciplines. In addition to these contributions, each program can be expected to leave behind a legacy of high-quality, high-resolution, multiparameter data sets; new and improved facilities and techniques; and a large number of trained technicians and young scientists.
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Without major oceanographic programs the ocean science community would lose the ability to address largescale scientific issues in a systematic manner and a powerful argument for increased funding and infrastructure enhancements, while gaining little in terms of improving the overall proposal success rate within NSF/OCE. In the future, the federal agencies that fund basic ocean research, especially NSF/OCE, need to continue to find ways to support a full spectrum of projects including major oceanographic programs, intermediate-size programs, and small group or single investigator projects, while maintaining a healthy, dynamic balance among them.
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should be coordinated across agencies with long-range science plans and should include input from the ocean sciences community. The preceding chapters included specific recommendations that demonstrate how the management of major programs differs greatly from that appropriate for research conducted by individual scientists or small groups of researchers.
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2. As major ocean programs near conclusion, federal sponsors and the academic community must collaborate to preserve and ensure timely access to the data sets developed as part of each program' s activities.
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Drawing a clearer distinction between funds provided to support major programs and those directed toward unsolicited core proposals could help. NSF/OCE should make a concerted effort to track metrics for core and major oceanographic programs in order to provide objective data for this discussion.
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The new unit could help ensure that mechanisms for developing future interdisciplinary efforts of all sizes are clearly defined, foster interagency coordination so that there is a realistic attainment of program goals, and take into consideration international programs. For example, the new interdisciplinary unit could ensure that the broader ocean science community is involved in the planning for new major programs.
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The new interdisciplinary unit could provide incentives for the discipline-specific program managers and research scientists to participate in interdisciplinary initiatives when appropriate, thus allowing the ocean science community to build for the future on the strong research foundation already supported and managed by NSF/OCE. Ocean sciences must reach a new level of maturity in order to successfully meet the emerging needs for environmental science.
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