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Appendix A: Statement of Task
Pages 89-89

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... 2. Define implementable measures for assessing the health and vitality of a research community based on the above-identified characteristics, considering demographics, career-stage structure, distribution of "hard money" and "soft money" positions, relative dominance of NASA Centers in performing research in the discipline, fraction of funding for the discipline provided by NASA relative to other funding agencies, and other relevant variables.
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