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7 Overarching and Crosscutting Themes and Priorities
Pages 113-116

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... that will improve the value of the NNI's strategy and portfolio for basic research, applied research, and the development of applications to provide economic, societal, and national security benefits to the United States. The NNI has a vision of the future in which nanoscience and nanotechnology enable economic and societal benefits.1 That vision and the current set of NNI goals are broad and encompass a host of activities and outcomes that support the nanotechnology "ecosystem" in the United States.
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From page 114...
... The project database would include information on each activity, including project title; names of principal investigators, researchers, and students supported; funding agency and amount; affiliation with signature initiatives; and other information needed to identify research activities uniquely. Researchers funded under the NNI need to be informed that they are part of the community and also need information on the resources and programs available, such as notification of selection for funding.
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From page 115...
... For example, starting with the information contained in the recommended searchable database of NNI projects, publications, patents, citations, students trained, and other information on NNI outputs can be collected and linked from other publicly available databases. The committee emphasizes the need for review, with domain experts, of those and other suggested metrics and the proposed models linking the metrics to desired NNI outcomes for collection and analysis of the data collected over at least 3 years to assess whether the metrics both reflect progress toward the desired outcomes and inform NNI management decisions in a cost-effective manner.
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