Public Participation and Public Comments

Public Comments

Comment Matrix - The matrix provides excerpts of comments organized by the 10 subject areas listed in the request for information.

Associations

• Alternatives Research & Development Foundation (PDF or MS Word)
• American Anti-Vivisection Society (PDF or MS Word)
• American Association of Medical Colleges (PDF or MS Word)
• American Mathematical Society (PDF)
• Animal Welfare Institute
• AWI-Liss (PDF or MS Word)
• AWI-Liss Appendix (PDF or MS Word)
• AWI-Reinhardt (PDF or MS Word)
• Association of American Universities, Subcommittee on A-21 (PDF)
• AAU Appendix: Report of Working Group on The Cost of Doing Business (PDF or MS Word)
• Association of Independent Research Institutes (PDF or MS Word)
• Council on Government Relations (COGR) (PDF)
• NSF Report on Efficiency of Grant Size and Duration
• COGR White Paper on Finances of Research Universities (MS Word)
• COGR White Paper on Incentivizing Universities (MS Word)
• COGR White Paper on New Research Paradigms Call for Regulatory Change (MS Word)
• COGR Appendix (PDF or MS Word)
• Doris Day Animal League (MS Word)
• Federal Demonstration Project (PDF or MS Word)
• FDP Appendix 1: Streamlining the PayCert System (PDF or MS Word)
• FDP Appendix 2: Iniative to Reduce Administrative Burden (PDF or MS Word)
• FDP Appendix 3: Facilities Costs at Colleges and Universities (PDF or MS Word)
• FDP Appendix 4: Subrecipient Monitoring Demonstration (PDF or MS Word)
• Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (PDF or MS Word)
• FASEB Appendix 1: Consensus Best Practices for Managing Hazardous Wastes in Academic Research Institutions (PDF)
• FASEB Appendix 2: Report to Congress - Evaluating the Consensus Best Practices (PDF)
• The Humane Society of the United States (PDF or MS Word)
• The Independent College Office & Project Kaleidoscope (MS Word)
• Joint Comment Letter from AAU and NASULGC (PDF or MS Word)
• Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PDF or MS Word)
• San Diego Science and Technology Council (PDF or MS Word)

Federal Agencies/FFRDCs

• Jeri Berc, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (PDF or MS Word)
• Ivan Graff, USDA CSREES (HTML, MS Word)
• Chris Kniel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (MS Word)
• Universities Research Association, Inc. (PDF or MS Word)

Individuals

• Jacques Benveniste, Digital Biology Laboratory (PDF or MS Word)
• James Clegg, University of California - Davis (PDF or MS Word)
• Vernon Gilbert, U.S. Biosphere Reserves Association (PDF or MS Word)
• Stephen Gould (PDF or MS Word)
• Fred Grinnell, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (PDF or MS Word)
• Grinnell Appendix (PDF)
• John Petura, Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialties Board (PDF or MS Word)
• Victor Pinks, The Institute of Liquid Dynamics Simulation
• Sept 17, 2003 (PDF)
• Sept 17, 2003 - Levinson Paper (PDF)
• Sept 21, 2003 (MS Word)
• Sept 25, 2003 (PDF)
• Oct 5, 2003 (PDF)
• Oct 15, 2003 (MS Word)
• SBIR Diagram 1 and 2 (MS Word)
• Oct 16, 2003 (MS Word)
• Nov 16, 2003 (MS Word)
• Nov 16, 2003 follow-up (MS Word)
• Nov 20, 2003 (HTML)
• Nov 26, 2003 (MS Word)
• Nov 30, 2003 (MS Word)
• Nov 30, 2003 Appendix (MS Word)
• Faxed comment at DC meeting (MS Word)
• Frederick Sachs, SUNY-Buffalo (PDF or MS Word)
• Alexander Sheeline, University of Illinois (PDF or MS Word)
• Tim Usher, Cal State - San Bernadino (MS Word)

Industry/Small Businesses

• Doty Scientific, Inc. (PDF or MS Word)
• StatSci, Degge Group (PDF or MS Word)
• SuperPower, Inc. (PDF or MS Word)

Universities

• Colorado College (MS Word)
• Columbia University (PDF or MS Word)
• Earlham College (MS Word)
• Grinell College (MS Word)
• Hope College (MS Word)
• Harvard University (PDF or MS Word)
• Illinois Wesleyan University (MS Word)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PDF or MS Word)
• MIT Appendix 1: Facilities Costs at Colleges and Universities (PDF or MS Word)
• MIT Appendix 2: Subrecipient Monitoring Demonstration (PDF or MS Word)
• MIT Appendix 3: Iniative to Reduce Administrative Burden (PDF or MS Word)
• MIT Appendix 4: Streamlining the PayCert System (PDF or MS Word)
• Reed College (PDF or MS Word)
• Senior Research Officers (PDF or MS Word)
• Stanford University (PDF or MS Word)
• The Research Foundation of State University of New York (PDF or MS Word)
• SUNY Campus List (PDF or MS Word)
• University of California
• Office of the President (PDF or MS Word)
• University of California - Davis (PDF or MS Word)
• University of California - Irvine (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Chicago (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Florida (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Idaho
• Idaho's comments at Berkeley (MS Word)
• Idaho's follow-up to Berkeley (MS Word)
• Idaho's comments at North Carolina (MS Word)
• Idaho's comments in DC (MS Word)
• University of Iowa (PDF or MS Word)
• Iowa's comments at Minnesota (MS Word)
• University of Kentucky (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Minnesota (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Pittsburgh (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Rochester (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Texas at Austin (PDF or MS Word)
• University of Washington
• Preface (MS Word)
• Comments (PDF or MS Word)

Meeting Announcements

Hosts; Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
Location: Jefferson Auditorium, South Building; 1400 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC
Agenda (MS Word)
Meeting Presentations
Theme: Priorities and Next Steps

Monday, November 17, 2003

Hosts: University of North Carolina, Duke University and Research Triangle Institute
Location: The Carolina Inn, 211 Pittsboro Street, Chapel Hill, NC
Agenda (MS Word)
Workshop Presentations
Themes: Appropriate Costs of Research Enterprise - Determination, Recovery, Accountability

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Host: University of Minnesota
Location, Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E.; Minneapolis, MN
Agenda
Workshop Presentations
Theme: Common Practices among Agencies

Monday, October 27, 2003

Hosts: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Office of the President
Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building 50 Auditorium, Berkeley, CA
Agenda (MS Word)
Themes: Alignment of Funding Mechanisms with Scientific Opportunities.

Presentations from Public Meetings

October 27, 2003, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Office of the President
• Preliminary Summary of Comments 11-11-03 (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Arthur Bienenstock, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by M.R.C. Greenwood, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Mary Lidstrom, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
November 12, 2003, University of Minnesota
• Presentation by Mary Ellen Sheridan, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by William R. Galey, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Carole M. Liedtke, Ph.D., M.B.A. (PowerPoint)
November 17, 2003, University of North Carolina and Duke University
• Randy Main (MS Word)
• Denise McCartney, Ph.D. (MS Word)
• Presentation by Elizabeth Mora (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Susan Braunhut, Donald Cotten, and Christopher McCrudden (PowerPoint)
December 9-10, 2003, Special Meeting
• Presentation by Raynard Kington M.D., Ph.D.(PowerPoint )
• Presentation by Raymond Orbach, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Joseph Bordogna, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Honorable Vernon J. Ehlers (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Jerry Bridges (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by John Graham, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Dennis Duquette (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Connie Atwell, Ph.D., and Rodney Brown, Ph.D. (PowerPoint)
• Presentation by Geoff Grant (PowerPoint)