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Appendix G: Profile of Average NRI and AFRI Projects (20082012)
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... G Profile of Average NRI and AFRI Projects (2008–2012)
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... 208 APPENDIX G TABLE G-1  Sample Statistics of NRI Projects, 2008a Standard Unit Mean Deviation PROJECT OUTPUTS Refereed Journal Articles Number published 2.65 5.29 Citations per Article Number per article 6.86 14.01 PROJECT SCALE Budget $0,000 39.32 25.98 Project Duration Months 31.61 9.45 PROJECT SCOPE Project Complexity Number of Co-PIs Number 2.92 2.97 Current Supportb Federal Support 0.73 0.44 Non-Federal Support 0.52 0.50 No Other Support 0.10 Project Functions Research % 93.53 20.95 Extension % 4.29 12.88 Education % 2.18 8.59 Project Composition Basic Research % 61.35 34.60 Applied Research % 32.33 29.51 Extension or Education % 6.32 PROJECT LOCUS Subject Area Plants 0.314 0.465 Animals 0.212 0.409 Food/Nutrition 0.145 0.353 Social Sciences 0.067 0.249 Bio-Products 0.048 0.213 Ecosystems 0.214 0.411 Type of Performing Institution Federal 0.045 0.208 Private Research 0.029 0.167 Private University 0.043 0.203 Public Non–Land-Grant Univ 0.083 0.277 Land-Grant University 0.800 0.400
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... Means shown are percentages of the sample falling into the r ­ espective category, expressed in decimal form. bAFRI project directors may receive support from a variety of sources.
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... 210 APPENDIX G TABLE G-2  Sample Statistics of AFRI Projects, 2009–2010a Standard Unit Mean Deviation PROJECT OUTPUTS Refereed Journal Articles Number published 1.79 2.90 Citations per Article Number per article 2.62 6.58 Non-Refereed Communications Number communicated 1.74 3.25 PROJECT SCALE Budget $0,000 43.9 41.0 Project Duration Months 41.7 9.7 PROJECT SCOPE Project Complexity Number of Co-PIs Number 3.52 3.19 Current Supportb Federal Support 0.66 0.47 Non-Federal Support 0.51 0.50 No Other Support 0.14 0.34 Project Function Research % 89.22 24.79 Extension % 5.48 16.16 Education % 5.30 17.73 Project Composition Basic Research % 60.24 35.21 Applied Research % 28.98 26.22 Extension and Education % 10.81 22.29 PROJECT LOCUS Subject Area Plants 0.37 0.48 Animals 0.21 0.40 Food/Nutrition 0.15 0.36 Social Sciences 0.05 0.22 Bio-Products 0.04 0.20 Ecosystems 0.18 0.39 Type of Performing Institution Federal 0.05 0.23 Private Research 0.03 0.16 Private University 0.05 0.21 Public Non–Land-Grant Univ 0.10 0.29 Land-Grant University 0.77 0.45
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... Means shown are percentages of the sample falling into the r ­ espective category, expressed in decimal form. bAFRI project directors may receive support from a variety of sources.
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... 212 APPENDIX G TABLE G-3  Sample Statistics of AFRI Projects, 2011–2012a Standard Unit Mean Deviation PROJECT OUTPUTS Refereed Journal Articles Number published 0.88 3.60 Citations per Article Number per article 0.42 1.76 Non-Refereed Communications Number communicated 0.73 2.16 PROJECT SCALE Budget $0,000 119.55 346.26 Project Duration Months 37.79 13.39 PROJECT SCOPE Project Complexity Number of Co-PIs Number 4.29 4.76 Current Supportb Federal Support 0.70 0.46 Non-Federal Support 0.45 0.50 No Other Support 0.17 0.38 Project Functions Research % 88.30 23.73 Extension % 6.10 16.43 Education % 5.70 15.88 Project Composition Basic Research % 54.85 36.84 Applied Research % 33.46 35.85 Extension or Education % 10.80 21.87 PROJECT LOCUS Subject Area Plants 0.12 0.33 Animals 0.11 0.31 Food/Nutrition 0.05 0.23 Social Sciences 0.08 0.27 Bio-Products 0.07 0.26 Ecosystems 0.03 0.17 Type of Performing Institution Federal 0.04 0.18 Private Research 0.02 0.14 Private University 0.06 0.23 Public Non–Land-Grant Univ 0.10 0.30 Land-Grant University 0.78 0.41
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... Means shown are percentages of the sample falling into the r ­ espective category, expressed in decimal form. bAFRI project directors may receive support from a variety of sources.
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... (11.22) Basic Research Proportion of Project –0.06 –0.06 –0.25 –0.27 (–1.24)
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... (–2.64) Statistics R2 0.630 0.630 0.700 0.706 N 447 447 726 726 NOTES: Dependent variable is Project Budget.
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... FIGURE G G Frequency distributions of project bud dgets and perfo s s dgets FIGURE G-2 Frequency distributions of project budgets ormance ratios, ,2009 -- 2010. ormance ratios, 2009 -- 2010.
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... APPENDIX G In Spurring nnovation in Food and Agri F iculture: A Re eview of the U USDA AFRI P Program 217 FIGURE G-3 Frequency distributions of project budg and perfor G y gets rmance ratios, 2011 -- 2012. FIGURE G-3 Frequency distributions of project budgets and performance ratios, 2011 -- 2012.
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