March 19, 2004

Panel Lays Out Agenda for Improving Federal Policies on Academic Research

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Federal administrators have issued a list of 10 areas in which government agencies should adjust their policies to help improve the efficiency and productivity of the academic research they finance. The topics include support for interdisciplinary research, large research facilities, and graduate students and postdoctoral scientists.

The to-do list, released this month, followed a series of hearings last fall at which university officials and scientists asked for improvements in the

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