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III. Solicitation and Selection of Proposals
III. Solicitation and Selection of Proposals
Pages 15-20
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Following the initial selection, new centers should be created only to the extent that funding is available without detriment to the support of individual investigators or existing centers. If the projected increases are not approved by Congress, the Science and Technology program should be reduced proportionately so that a balance is maintained among modes of research support.
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First, under the direction of the Science and Technology Centers office, program officers responsible for fields in which applications are submitted should participate In setting up an initial merit review of the scientific quality of the proposed research. Program of f leers from the discipline-based directorates are the most knowledgeable people in the Foundation to select reviewers for scientific quality.
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The proposal may be cross-disciplinary or limited to a single discipline, as appropriate for its objectives. Intellectual Theme A proposal should have a unifying research theme and should demonstrate that the proposed center can accomplish significant results more effectively and in a more timely manner than its participants could achieve as individual investigators.
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The usual mode should be a single director with strong scientific qualifications and administrative skills. The university should demonstrate its willingness to provide regular teaching faculty who meet university and departmental standards to constitute the core research staff of the center.
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Although the benefits of Science and Technology Centers are national, state governments increasingly perceive advantages in supporting local centers of scientific research and training to provide additional jobs and revenue, attract out-of-state talent and industrial investment, and produce research on areas of state responsibility or interest. State participation might include providing sites, financing construction, matching funds for instrumentation or equipment, enabling the host institution to create new faculty positions, and facilitating knowledge transfer to state agencies and local industries.
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Their participation in centers is likely to be primarily financial, except in the case of operating foundations with in-house research activities.
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