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Introduction
Core Project
Affiliated Project
Introduction
The NACP includes diverse projects and activities. Agencies fund projects led by Principal Investigators (PI) through grants or contracts (extramural) as well as by identifying funding for government laboratories or research centers (primarily intramural). Agencies also commit activities within standing programs to address NACP goals and objectives or to supply specific measurements or data sets for NACP. Additionally, the NACP draws on numerous research programs and data sources that are not involved directly in the program and that have primary missions or goals that differ from those of NACP. Thus, the NACP requires flexible criteria for designating participating projects and investigators.
CCIWG members and agency program managers designate projects and investigators within their areas of responsibility as official participants in the NACP based on broad guidelines defining core and affiliated projects described below. If your project meets the criteria below, you may submit your project for consideration to be included in the NACP.
Definition of an NACP Core Project
- Projects funded as extramural awards (grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and interagency transfers) and designated as part of the NACP at the time of selection and award. These projects address the goals and objectives of the NACP and contribute relevant research products within the timeframe of the program. Selection or award letters explain expected NACP participation.
- Projects funded as extramural awards and designated as part of the NACP subsequent to the award being made. Agency program leads and the project PI determine that an effort is relevant to the NACP and that the project will contribute relevant research products within the timeframe of the program. Program managers and project investigators reach a mutual understanding regarding whether a project should participate in NACP, and program managers document that participation by correspondence with the PI or investigator team.
- Projects funded through intramural mechanisms to conduct NACP research or to provide specific measurements, datasets, or other products for NACP. PIs or primary contacts will be identified for each major project or task, and titles and abstracts will be developed, allowing these tasks to be tracked in a manner similar to projects funded through extramural mechanisms. In consultation with task leaders and their managers, agency program leads will document commitments to NACP through appropriate correspondence.
- Standing agency activities, including those that may have another primary mission, that agency program leads commit to participate in NACP or to provide specific measurements, data sets, or other products. PIs or primary contacts will be identified for each major project or task, and titles and abstracts will be developed, allowing these tasks to be tracked in a manner similar to projects funded through extramural mechanisms. In consultation with the project or task leaders and their managers, agency program leads will document commitments to NACP through appropriate correspondence.
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Definition of NACP Affiliated Projects
- Agency program leads may request that research investigations, research projects, or operational programs or projects with core missions and goals different from those of the NACP cooperate in some way with the NACP. Such cooperation might involve provision of specialized data sets or performance of specific services (e.g., satellite data acquisition/processing; computer time and support; access to research aircraft; etc.). The agency program lead will document a mutual agreement with the project lead and funding sponsor(s) as to the nature and scope of the cooperation. The cooperating project will be expected to follow applicable NACP policies and practices for the activities within the scope of the agreement and consistent with their own operating policies.
- Individual researchers conducting relevant research may request to affiliate with the NACP for a variety of reasons. To be eligible, investigators must demonstrate the relevance of their research to NACP, agree to follow applicable NACP policies and practices, and secure their funding sponsor’s agreement to the affiliation. The CCIWG approves or denies these requests based primarily on the relevance and potential contribution of the investigator’s research toward the goals of the NACP.
PIs, co-investigators, and project managers of NACP core projects are expected to participate fully in the program, including attendance at program meetings, service on working groups, coordination with other NACP projects, sharing data and results in accordance with NACP policies, and collaboration on synthesis and integration research. They are expected to acknowledge program participation in relevant presentations, on posters, and in publications.
Participants in NACP affiliated projects are expected to interact with the NACP and participate commensurate with the scope of their agreed-upon involvement. At a minimum, attendance at some meetings and compliance with data policies applicable to their agreed-upon involvement may be expected. It is anticipated that most affiliated project investigators will participate as fully as possible, consistent with the resources they are able to use for NACP involvement.
Note: Correspondence documenting participation could be as simple as an e-mail exchange or as formal as an official agreement or funding instrument. Whenever possible and appropriate, copies or summaries of the correspondence documenting the participation and its nature should be forwarded to the NACP Office so that the project can be entered into and tracked by the NACP database.
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