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... , the federal government invests money to carry out the system's tripartite mission of agricultural research, education, and extension, distributing funds to the states as both capacity grants and competitive grants to support land-grant colleges and universities. A wide distribution of academic institutions, together with associated experiment stations and extension services, work in partnership with states and counties to address a variety of local, state, and regional issues.
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... From examples of past and current collaborative projects, Panel members identified examples of projects with demonstrated "success." These included the large award-winning multistate project, Soil, Water, and Environmental Physics to Sustain Agriculture and Natural Resources, as well as the competitively funded Specialty Crop Research Initiative project on zebra chip disease of potatoes. Across and beyond the system, there are diverse kinds of projects, such as the large-scale, multi-institutional Ogallala Water Coordinated Agriculture Project funded through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
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... Institutes, which provide data science and AI tools to a group of diverse partners, including 1862 and 1890 institutions as well the USDA Agricultural Research Service, the Argonne National Laboratory, and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. In addition to the flexibility of the platform to accommodate different types of research, the platform strongly supports teaching and extension elements.
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... The Panel's view is that effective systems-based approaches will require the following:  Support for large-scale collaborative projects at the highest administrative levels in the various institutions;  Targeted financial resources to enable planning and communication among institutions;  Focused operating resources, including administrative support and trained project and data man agement support, in addition to directed funds to support research, teaching, and outreach;  Incentive structures that enable faculty to participate in large-scale projects without compromising on their other responsibilities;  Uniform, shared data management systems that enable seamless access to emerging information; and  Outstanding communications support to inform the public, including legislators, of the outcomes of their financial investments. RECOMMENDATIONS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO COLLABORATION The Panel was also asked to make recommendations to overcome barriers and offers these five that could be impactful in improving the success and impact of collaboration in the land-grant system: 1.
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... Several respondents from 1862 institutions to the Panel's preliminary observations acknowledged the problematic nature of not involving participants from the 1890 and 1994 institutions and even expressed dismay at being unaware of the expertise at institutions across the land-grant system, not to mention at nonland-grant colleges and universities or other organizations that may serve as suitable partners for collaboration. To increase knowledge of where relevant expertise exists across the land-grant system, NIFA could encourage collaboration by convening information exchange or sandbox workshops.
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... For example, faculty would be encouraged to pursue collaboration more readily if the time required for project planning and team development and maintenance were treated as valuable during tenure and promotion deliberations. The adoption of curricula for project management, communication, and other skills that enhance collaboration would improve chances for team success and perhaps provide new and satisfying career pathways for students and faculty members.
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