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Appendix E: Facility Manager and User Questionnaires
Pages 13-19

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... To help broaden the distribution and questionnaire response rate, the questionnaires have also been sent to specific facilities such as the NSF Materials Research and Engineering Centers and the DOE NanoscaTe Science Research Centers. Because of the usual sensitivity of survey results on population subsample response rates, the committee does not plan to make any sweeping generalizations based upon the information returned.
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From page 14...
... with the support of both the National Science Foundation anct Department of Energy to make recommendations about the challenges and opportunities that small and medium-sized multi-user facilities face in materials research. A queshonna~re is attached for your response that is designecl to gather data on existing smaller facilities.
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... Number of full-time equivalent staff employed in the facility: b. Number of those staff conclucting original research in the facility: c.
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... i. What formal coordination exists among facilities at the host institution to develop complementary capabilities?
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... : TO National (overnight stay required)
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... (yin) Likewise, when preparing budget estimates for a research proposal, to what extent do you include estimates for user fees to take advantage of specific smaller facilities?
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... Have you considered developing a smaller facility at your own institution to meet your research needs?
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