National Research Initiative : a vital competitive grants program in food, fiber, and natural-resources research

National Research Initiative a vital competitive grants program in food, fiber, and natural-resources research

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press c2000.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Materias:
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (United States. Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service)
Food > Research grants > United States.
Agriculture > Research grants > United States.
Natural resources > Research grants > United States.
Fiber plants > Research grants > United States.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Programs
  • National 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 Programs
  • Analysis
  • 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
  • FUNDING
  • SUMMARY
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A Section 1615 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990
  • Appendix B Survey on the US Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants Program
  • Appendix C External Views of the NRI
  • SURVEY RESULTS
  • Response Rates and General Themes
  • Detailed Summary of Survey Data
  • INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER CHIEF SCIENTISTS
  • Major Issue
  • Role of the Chief Scientist
  • Program Areas
  • Fairness in Evaluation of Submitted Applications
  • Quality of NRI Research
  • USDA Administration and Management
  • Economic Evaluation of NRI Program Areas
  • Relationship with Congress
  • TESTIMONY
  • Quality and Value of Research
  • Priority-Setting
  • Stakeholders
  • Complementarity
  • Internal Processes
  • Funding
  • Changes for the Future
  • Appendix D Outline for Interviews (June 16, 1998) with USDA Professional Staff on Internal Workings of the NRI Program.
  • Appendix E Committee Members' Experience with the National Research Initiative, the National Institutes of Health, and the…
  • Appendix F NRI Applications Funded
  • Appendix G NRI Funded Contributions to Major Scientific Advances in Food, Fiber, and Natural Resources
  • NRI FUNDED RESEARCH THAT HAS LED TO MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
  • Biologically Safe Protection of Wheat from Take-all Disease by Using Soil Bacteria
  • CRGO and NRI Awards to Cook and colleagues
  • Patents
  • Publications
  • Decreasing Milk Fever In Dairy Cows: A Major Advance
  • NRI Award to Goff and Horst
  • Publications
  • Storage-Protein Modification in Potato: Tuber Quality and Vaccine Production
  • Awards to Park
  • Award to Mason
  • Publications
  • Establishing Nutritional Requirements for Vitamin B6 and Folate in Humans
  • CRGO and NRI Awards to Gregory
  • Production of Cattle and Swine Embryos in Vitro, a Prelude to Cloning
  • CRGO and NRI Awards to First
  • Patent
  • Corn from Cells, Not from Seeds
  • CRGO and NRI grant awards to Phillips
  • Cloning of Chitinase and Its Practical Application as a Biopesticide
  • CRGO and NRI Awards to Kramer
  • Patent
  • Publications
  • Additional Information
  • Dogs and Infectious Abortion in Cows: A Mystery Solved
  • NRI Awards to McAllister
  • Publications
  • NRI FUNDED RESEARCH WITH HIGH POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
  • A Step Closer to Bioengineering Cold-Tolerant Plants
  • NRI Awards (directly related to this research)
  • Publications (directly related to this research)
  • Reducing Processing Waste and Negative Environmental Impacts by Wood Modification
  • NRI Grants (directly related to this research)
  • Patent
  • Publications (directly related to this research)
  • Bioengineered Safe Resistance to Glyphosate Herbicide
  • NRI Awards (directly related to this research)
  • Publication (directly related to this research).
  • Establishment of the Role of Steroid Hormones in Plant Growth and Development
  • NRI Awards
  • Patents
  • Publications
  • Additional Information
  • Signal-Transduction Pathway of the Plant Hormone Ethylene
  • NRI Awards
  • Patents
  • Publications
  • Additional Information
  • Improvements in Plant Biotechnology by Manipulation of Gene Silencing
  • NRI Awards to Vicki Vance, University of South Carolina
  • NRI Awards to James Carrington, Texas A&amp
  • M University
  • Patent
  • Publications
  • A New BAC Library Vector for Transferring Large DNA Inserts to Plants
  • NRI Award
  • Patent
  • Publications
  • Additional Information:
  • Appendix H Research Needs in Food, Fiber, and Natural Resources
  • PLANTS
  • ANIMALS
  • NUTRITION, FOOD SAFETY, AND HEALTH
  • NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • ENHANCING VALUE AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST PRODUCTS
  • MARKETS, TRADE, AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Appendix I Grant Performance Follow-on for Quality Evaluation
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF THE BOARD ON AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

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