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Appendix D: Summary of Responses to Web-Based Questionnaire
Pages 185-190

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... M&O for NSF's FFRDC (1) 1  esponses from all respondents are available upon request through the National Academies R Public Access Records Office for this study.
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... State Experiment Station (1) Total Responses 521 Area of Research Agronomy 41 7.9% Animal science 87 16.8% Crop science 52 10.1% Economics 26 5.0% Food science 48 9.3% Nutrition 40 7.7% Plant science 106 20.5% Renewable energy, natural resources and environment 75 14.5% Sociology 26 5.0% Soil science 29 5.6% Veterinary science 41 7.9% Weed science 32 6.2% Other 158 Agricultural Law (1)
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... Fundamental Animal Science 0 0.0% Fundamental Plant Science 0 0.0% Total Responses 517 Principal agencies/organizations (including federal and state agencies, charitable or nonprofit organizations, and private corporations) that have supported your research National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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... Department of Agriculture (10) Natural Resources (6)
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... • Communication issues between institutions and even among groups within the awarding institution. Researchers that thought the panel review process was not helpful: • Very little extension focus.
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