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4 Principles for Enhancing the Success and Impact of Land-Grant Collaboration
Pages 25-30

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... could fund preliminary studies or staged preproposals at modest cost that require input from diverse institutions and organizations. Focused operating resources should be adequate to support the participants of the project, including administrative support and trained project and data management support, in addition to directed funds to support research, teaching, and outreach.
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From page 26...
... Land-grant administrators should examine how to reduce the variability in committed support for faculty participation in collaborative activities. Institutions have differing approaches for supporting faculty involvement in collaborative research, which creates varying expectations about the nature of the activity and the role of participants.
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From page 27...
... One suggestion was to consider investing indirect costs to pay for administrative support to improve the success of multi-institutional collaborations. Such support should be available for the grant application, fiscal management, reporting, and other administrative phases associated with procuring and conducting collaborative research projects.
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From page 28...
... Another suggested that "developing programs to allow information exchange in face-to-face venues could be extremely helpful in laying foundations for collaboration. Possible ways to achieve such goals could include facilitating faculty attendance at scientific society meetings and creating expertise registries to assist researchers in identifying potential partners." To increase knowledge of where there is relevant expertise across the land-grant system, NIFA could encourage collaboration by convening information exchange or sandbox workshops.
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From page 29...
... NIFA's "Share Your Science" campaign3 is designed to highlight research outcomes and accomplishments on a national level. It is aimed at spotlighting the achievements being made by NIFA's partners in addressing societal challenges, such as increasing food security; decreasing hunger; and addressing climate change, food safety, childhood obesity, and sustainable energy.
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From page 30...
... These criteria could be useful in other contexts and could be emphasized in communicating project success and significance. To strengthen the ability to capture and communicate research impacts, NIFA and other funding agencies might also provide added support for post-collaboration assessments.
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