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... Such work may involve one or more disciplines; it may depend upon research facilities or instrumentation large enough or costly enough that their use is best shared. Centers can contribute to the nation's economic competitiveness by advancing the frontiers of knowledge; providing the opportunity for timely exploitation of new discoveries; educating young researchers at the highest professional level to fill university, government, and industrial positions; and accelerating the application of new knowledge to the resolution of economically important problems.
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... O They are campus-based, led by regular faculty, and integrated into academic programs; there is a tangible commitment to the centers by their home universities. They provide education and research experience for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, industrial fellows, and others.
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... CAUTIONS The panel endorses Science and Technology Centers as one valuable mode of research support. At the same time, the panel cautions that o There is a risk that a significant portion of federal funds and university resources will be diverted from the support of individual investigators, especially if the Foundation's budget remains static or declines.
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... Notwithstanding these cautions, the panel believes that Science and Technology Centers can make significant contributions to science and the nation's economic competitiveness with proper management, resources, and evaluation, provided there continues to be a balance among the principal modes of research support.
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