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Updated 11 October, 2003

Improving the Productivity of
Basic Research and Developing Applications
 

 

 

The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has coordinated research on complex global change issues for more than a decade. While agency expertise and approaches used in the past have helped provide a good foundation for the future, new mechanisms for closer coordination and integration within the USGCRP's distributed, multi-agency structure are needed. These include:  

  • New mechanisms for enhancing involvement of the external research community in planning and oversight.  
  • Enhanced coordination through interagency working groups responsible for preparation of detailed implementation plans that identify how the contributions of the agencies, including capabilities essential to USGCRP / Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) goals but not normally listed in agency contributions, will be brought together to meet research needs and produce deliverables.  
  • A new capability to identify and carry out integrative research and activities through a funding mechanism under the direction of the interagency committee responsible for the program.  

The USGCRP will identify priorities among the implementation plans and year-to-year activities to provide a framework for agency and interagency planning. The program will also ensure periodic program reviews and evaluations involving both the USGCRP agencies and external partners, including the scientific research community and other users of global change information. Individual agencies will enable external review of their research strategies and plans (e.g., by the NRC and Federal Advisory Committee Act advisory committees) to ensure quality, relevance, and timeliness for both the USGCRP/CCRI and their respective agencies' goals.  

 


 

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