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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title National Research Initiative : a Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (212 pages)
Series Compass series National Research Initiative
Contents NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- HISTORY OF COMPETITIVE RESEARCH AT USDA -- ORGANIZATION -- STUDY PROCESS -- STATUS OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVE -- THE NRI'S MISSION -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- PRIORITY SETTING AND ORGANIZATION -- FUNDING -- A NATIONAL FOOD, FIBER, AND NATURAL-RESOURCES RESEARCH COMPLEX -- 1 Introduction -- BRIEF HISTORY OF COMPETITIVE RESEARCH AT USDA -- NRI ORGANIZATION -- PRIOR REVIEWS OF THE NRI -- STUDY PROCESS -- OVERVIEW OF REPORT
2 Value of Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS -- RATES OF RETURN FROM FOOD AND FIBER RESEARCH -- IMPACTS OF ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCES -- PUBLIC-SECTOR AND PRIVATE-SECTOR RESEARCH FUNDING -- 3 The National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program -- QUALITY AND VALUE -- Measuring the Quality and Value of NRI-Supported Research -- Novelty and Significance of Research -- FAIRNESS -- The NRI Peer-Review Process -- Evaluation of the NRI Peer-Review Process -- RELEVANCE AND RESPONSIVENESS -- SUMMARY FINDINGS
4 Role and Scope of the NRI Program SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- Applied versus Fundamental Research -- Multidisciplinary Research -- TRAINING AND EDUCATION -- Developing Future Scientists -- Strengthening Academic Institutions in the Food and Fiber System -- Enhancing Public Understanding -- COMPLEMENTARITY -- Other USDA-Funded Research Programs -- Intramural Research -- Formula Funds: State Agricultural Experiment Stations (SAESs) and Cooperative Extension Services. -- Special Grants -- Other Competitive Grants in USDA -- Complementarity of NRI within USDA
Other Federal ProgramsNational Science Foundation -- National Institutes of Health -- Department of Energy -- Interagency Programs -- Complementarity of NRI with Other Federal Programs -- Industry and the NRI -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Scientific Objectives -- Training and Education -- Complementarity -- 5 Priorities and Priority-Setting at the NRI -- PROCESS -- Overview of USD A Priority-Setting Process -- NRI Priority-Setting Process -- Analysis of NRI Priority-Setting Process -- NRI RESEARCH PRIORITIES -- Funding History of the NRFs Six Divisions
History of NRI Research ProgramsAnalysis -- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Priority-Setting Process -- Research Priorities -- 6 Organizational and Funding Issues -- ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES -- Location in USDA -- NRI GOVERNANCE -- Chief Scientist -- Board of Directors -- Organization -- FUNDING ISSUES -- Total NRI Funding -- Size and Length of Grants -- Overhead Rates -- SUMMARY FINDINGS -- Organization -- Funding -- 7 Recommendations -- THE NRI�S MISSION -- RESEARCH ACCOUNTABILITY -- PRIORITY-SETTING AND ORGANIZATION
Notes ""Funding""
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Subject Food -- Research grants -- United States
Agriculture -- Research grants -- United States
Natural resources -- Research grants -- United States
Fiber plants -- Research grants -- United States
Agriculture -- Research grants
Food -- Research grants
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309592277
0309592275