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Science 24 December 2004:
Vol. 306. no. 5705, p. 2173
DOI: 10.1126/science.306.5705.2173b
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The oversight body of the National Science Foundation (NSF) wants to help the agency hit scientific home runs as well as singles.

Last week the National Science Board (NSB) approved creation of a Task Force on Transformative Research to recommend better ways for the $5.5 billion agency to take a flier on high-risk but potentially high-reward research. Its target is the inherently conservative bent of NSF's peer review process (Science, 8 October, p. 220).

Nina Federoff, an NSB member and plant biologist at Pennsylvania State University in State College, is expected to chair the task force, which will include outside scientists. Federoff foresees holding several workshops to obtain additional community input.




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