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Direct linkPearson, Calvin H.; Atucha, Amaya – Natural Sciences Education, 2015
In 1887, Congress passed the Hatch Act, which formally established and provided a funding mechanism for agricultural experiment stations in each state and territory in the United States. The main purpose of agricultural experiment stations is to conduct agricultural research to meet the needs of the citizens of the United States. The objective of…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Agricultural Education, Maps, Research and Development Centers
Download full textNafziger, Dean; And Others – 1985
The San Diego City Schools Research Cooperative is an attempt to integrate the work of practitioners, researchers, and community members to meet the individual needs of each group while providing programmatic, practical research findings to district officials. This paper discusses issues pertaining to the development of a research cooperative: the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1979
The National Institute of Education's (NIE) statement of procedures is presented that is used to determine which of the 17 existing regional educational laboratories and research and development (R&D) centers are ready for long-term special institutional agreements. Long-term agreements are defined as 5 years of NIE support. The statement…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Decision Making, Federal Aid
Toombs, William; Wilkinson, Robert – 1983
A project that identified more than 1,200 academic and corporate research units within Pennsylvania is described, and a user's guide to the project's data file is provided. The Pennsylvania Research Inventory Project is an online data system designed to promote economic development, particularly within the Appalachian region of the state. The…
Descriptors: Business, Databases, Economic Development, Equipment
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1978
Background information on the relationship between educational laboratories, research and development (R&D) centers, and the National Institute of Education (NIE) is presented. Attention is directed to: (1) the authorizing legislation for and the subsequent creation of the laboratories and centers; (2) a chronology of selected major events…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Coordination, Educational Development, Educational History
Toombs, William; Wilkinson, Robert – 1983
A catalog of research units in Pennsylvania is presented as part of the Pennsylvania Research Inventory Project. This project focuses on research units that have a defined focus of interest, specialized professional personnel, funding or budgeted support, and distinctive products and/or outcomes. The catalog lists research units in alphabetical…
Descriptors: Business, Classification, Databases, Directories
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A National Institute of Education (NIE) statement of policy and procedures is presented regarding administering institutional contracts and grants with regional educational laboratories and research and development centers during fiscal years 1983 and 1984. Definitions are presented of regional educational laboratories and research and development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Competitive Selection, Contracts
Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State, MS. – 1985
In fiscal year (FY) 1985 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) was engaged in 24 major activities that responded to the rural problems of the region and supported the community development efforts of 29 land-grant universities in 13 southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The work of the SRDC Business Management Network…
Descriptors: Community Development, Computer Oriented Programs, Conferences, Extension Education
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
A National Institute of Education (NIE) policy statement is presented regarding competition for future funding of regional educational laboratories and research and development (R&D) centers with appropriations available for Section 405(f) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). Attention is also directed to continuing eligibility of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Bids, Competitive Selection
