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date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.299A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the Demonstration 

Grants for Indian Children program: (1) 

The percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, at a 

minimum, on an approved assessment 

of language and communication 

development as evidenced by a pre- and 

post-test each project year; (2) the 

percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, at a 

minimum, on an approved assessment 

of cognitive skills and conceptual 

knowledge as evidenced by a pre- and 

post-test each project year; (3) the 

percentage of 3- and 4-year-old 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

children achieving gains of a 

predetermined magnitude, at a 

minimum, on an approved assessment 

of social development as evidenced by 

a pre- and post-test each project year; (4) 

the percentage of American Indian and 

Alaska Native high school students 

successfully completing (as defined by a 

passing grade of C or better) at least 3 

years of challenging core courses 

(English, mathematics, science, and 

social studies) by the end of their fourth 

year in high school; and (5) the 

percentage of American Indian and 

Alaska Native students who graduate 

with their incoming 9th grade cohort 

(not counting those who transfer to 

another school). 

We encourage applicants to 

demonstrate a strong capacity to provide 

reliable data on these measures in their 

responses to the selection criteria 

‘‘Quality of project services’’ and 

‘‘Quality of the project evaluation.’’ All 

grantees will be expected to submit, as 

part of their performance report, 

information with respect to these 

performance measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lana Shaughnessy, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E231, Washington, DC 20202– 

6335. Telephone: (202) 205–2528 or by 

e-mail: Indian.education@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 14, 2009. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA NO. 84.031H] 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Strengthening Institutions Program 

(SIP), American Indian Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities 

(TCCU), Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH), 

Asian American and Native American 

Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions 

(AANAPISI), Native American Serving 

Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI), 

Developing Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions (HSI), Promoting 

Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for 

Hispanic Americans (PPOHA), and 

Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) 

Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Purpose of Programs: The SIP, TCCU, 

and ANNH Programs are authorized 

under Title III, Part A, of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA). Under these programs, 

institutions of higher education (IHEs or 

institutions) are eligible to apply for 

grants if they meet specific statutory and 

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regulatory eligibility requirements. 

Similarly, IHEs are eligible to apply for 

grants under Title V of the HEA if they 

meet specific statutory and regulatory 

requirements. The HSI and PPOHA 

Programs are authorized under Title V, 

Parts A and B of the HEA. In addition, 

under Title III of the HEA, institutions 

applying for grants under the 

AANAPISI, NASNTI, and PBI Programs 

must be eligible institutions as defined 

in Section 312(b) of the HEA. 

An IHE that is designated as an 

eligible institution may also receive a 

waiver of certain non-Federal cost-share 

requirements under the Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity 

Grant (FSEOG), the Federal Work Study 

(FWS), the Student Support Services 

(SSS), and the Undergraduate 

International Studies and Foreign 

Language (UISFL) programs. The 

FSEOG, FWS, and SSS programs are 

authorized under Title IV of the HEA. 

The UISFL Program is authorized under 

Title VI of the HEA. Qualified 

institutions may receive these waivers 

even if they are not recipients of grant 

funds under the Title III or Title V 

programs. 

Special Note: To qualify as an eligible 

institution under the Title III or Title V 

programs, your institution must satisfy 

several criteria, including one related to 

needy student enrollment and one related to 

average educational and general (E&G) 

expenditures for a specified base year. The 

most recent data available for E&G 

expenditures are for base year 2006–2007. In 

order to award FY 2009 grants in a timely 

manner, we will use the most recent data 

available. Therefore, we use E&G expenditure 

threshold data from the base year 2006–2007. 

In completing your eligibility application, 

please use E&G expenditure data from the 

base year 2006–2007. 

If you are designated as an eligible 

institution and you do not receive a new 

award under the Title III or Title V 

programs in FY 2009, your eligibility for 

the non-Federal cost-share waiver under 

the FSEOG, the FWS, the SSS, and the 

UISFL Programs is valid for five 

consecutive years. You will not need to 

reapply for eligibility until 2014, unless 

you wish to apply for a new Title III or 

Title V grant. All institutions interested 

in applying for a new FY 2009 Title III 

or Title V grant or requesting a waiver 

of the non-Federal cost share, must 

apply for eligibility designation in FY 

2009. Under the HEA, institutions 

interested in applying for a grant under 

the AANAPISI, NASNTI, PBI, or 

PPOHA Programs must first be 

designated as eligible institutions. 

Eligible Applicants: To qualify as an 

eligible institution under the Title III or 

Title V programs an accredited 

institution must, among other 

requirements, have an enrollment of 

needy students, and its average E&G 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student must be 

low in comparison with the average 

E&G expenditures per FTE 

undergraduate student of institutions 

that offer similar instruction. 

The eligibility requirements for the 

Title III programs are found in 34 CFR 

607.2 through 607.5. The regulations 

may be accessed at the following Web 

site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/ 

cfr/waisidx_02/34cfr607_02.html. 

The eligibility requirements for the 

Title V HSI program are found in 34 

CFR 606.2 through 34 CFR 606.5. The 

regulations may be accessed at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/ 

waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html. 

Enrollment of Needy Students: Under 

34 CFR 606.3(a) and 607.3(a), an 

institution is considered to have an 

enrollment of needy students if (1) at 

least 50 percent of its degree students 

received financial assistance under one 

or more of the following programs: 

Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, or the 

Federal Perkins Loan Programs; or, (2) 

the percentage of its undergraduate 

degree students who were enrolled on at 

least a half-time basis and received 

Federal Pell Grants exceeded the 

median percentage of undergraduate 

degree students who were enrolled on at 

least a half-time basis and received 

Federal Pell Grants at comparable 

institutions that offered similar 

instruction. 

To qualify under this latter criterion, 

an institution’s Federal Pell Grant 

percentage for base year 2006–2007 

must be more than the median for its 

category of comparable institutions 

provided in the 2006–2007 Median Pell 

Grant and Average E&G Expenditures 

per FTE Student Table in this notice. 

Educational and General 

Expenditures per FTE Student: An 

institution should compare its 2006– 

2007 average E&G expenditures per FTE 

student to the average E&G expenditure 

per FTE student for its category of 

comparable institutions contained in the 

2006–2007 Median Pell Grant and 

Average E&G Expenditures per FTE 

Student Table in this notice. If the 

institution’s average E&G expenditures 

for the 2006–2007 base year are less 

than the average for its category of 

comparable institutions, the institution 

meets this eligibility requirement. 

An institution’s average E&G 

expenditures are the total amount it 

expended during the base year for 

instruction, research, public service, 

academic support, student services, 

institutional support including library 

expenditures, operation and 

maintenance, scholarships and 

fellowships, and mandatory transfers. 

The following table identifies the 

relevant median Federal Pell Grant 

percentages for the base year 2006–2007 

and the relevant average E&G 

expenditures per FTE student for the 

base year 2006–2007 for the four 

categories of comparable institutions: 

Type of institution 

2006–2007 

Median Pell 

Grant 

percentage 

2006–2007 

Average E&G 

expenditures 

per FTE 

student 

2-year Public Institutions ......................................................................................................................................... 23.8 $10,606 

2-year Non-profit Private Institutions ....................................................................................................................... 37.2 23,082 

4-year Public Institutions ......................................................................................................................................... 24.1 25,339 

4-year Non-profit Private Institutions ....................................................................................................................... 25.3 40,877 

Waiver Information: IHEs that are 

unable to meet the needy student 

enrollment requirement or the average 

E&G expenditures requirement may 

apply to the Secretary for waivers of 

these requirements, as described in 34 

CFR 606.3(b), 606.4(c) and (d), 607.3(b), 

and 607.4(c) and (d). Institutions 

requesting a waiver of the needy student 

enrollment requirement or the average 

E&G expenditures requirement must 

include in their application detailed 

information supporting the waiver 

request, as described in the instructions 

for completing the application. 

The regulations governing the 

Secretary’s authority to waive the needy 

student requirement, 34 CFR 606.3(b)(2) 

and (3) and 607.3(b)(2) and (3), refer to 

‘‘low-income’’ students or families. The 

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regulations define ‘‘low-income’’ as an 

amount that does not exceed 150 

percent of the amount equal to the 

poverty level, as established by the U.S. 

Bureau of the Census, 34 CFR 606.3(c) 

and 607.3(c). 

For the purposes of this waiver 

provision, the following table sets forth 

the low-income levels for the various 

sizes of families: 

2006 ANNUAL LOW-INCOME LEVELS

Size of family unit 

Family income 

for the 

48 contiguous 

states, D.C., 

and outlying 

jurisdictions 

Family income 

for Alaska 

Family income 

for Hawaii 

1 ....................................................................................................................................... $14,700 $18,375 $16,905 

2 ....................................................................................................................................... 19.800 24,750 22,770 

3 ....................................................................................................................................... 24,900 31,125 28,635 

4 ....................................................................................................................................... 30,000 37,500 34,500 

5 ....................................................................................................................................... 35,100 43,875 40,365 

6 ....................................................................................................................................... 40,200 50,250 46,230 

7 ....................................................................................................................................... 45,300 56,625 52,095 

8 ....................................................................................................................................... 50,400 63,000 57,960 

Note: The 2006 annual low-income levels 

are being used because those are the amounts 

that apply to the family income reported by 

students enrolled for the fall 2006 semester. 

For family units with more than eight 

members, add the following amount for each 

additional family member: $5,100 for the 

contiguous 48 States, the District of Columbia 

and outlying jurisdictions; $6,375 for Alaska; 

and $5,865 for Hawaii. 

The figures shown under family 

income represent amounts equal to 150 

percent of the family income levels 

established by the U.S. Bureau of the 

Census for determining poverty status. 

The poverty guidelines were published 

by the U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services in the Federal Register 

on January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3848–3849). 

The information about ‘‘metropolitan 

statistical areas’’ referenced in 34 CFR 

606.3(b)(4) and 607.3(b)(4) may be 

obtained by requesting the Metropolitan 

Statistical Areas, 1999 Publication, 

Order Number PB99–501538, from the 

National Technical Information Service, 

Document Sales, 5285 Port Royal Road, 

Springfield, VA 22161, telephone 

number: 1–800–553–6847. There is a 

charge for this publication. 

Applications Available: January 21, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 20, 2009 for an 

applicant institution that wishes to be 

designated as eligible to apply for a FY 

2009 new grant under the Title III or 

Title V Programs and April 6, 2009 for 

an applicant institution that wishes to 

apply only for cost-sharing waivers 

under the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, or UISFL 

Programs. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: Applications for 

designation of eligibility must be 

submitted electronically using the 

following Web site: http:// 

opeweb.ed.gov/title3and5. 

To enter the Web site, you must use 

your institution’s unique 8-digit 

identifier, i.e., your Office of 

Postsecondary Education Identification 

Number (OPE ID Number). Your 

business office or student financial aid 

office should have the OPE ID Number. 

If they do not, contact the Department 

using the e-mail addresses of the contact 

persons listed in this notice under FOR 

APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER 

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

You will find detailed instructions for 

completing the application form 

electronically under the ‘‘eligibility 

2009’’ link at either of the following 

Web sites: http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

iduestitle3a/index.html or http:// 

www.ed.gov/hsi. 

If your institution is unable to meet 

the needy student enrollment 

requirement or the average E&G 

expenditure requirement and wishes to 

request a waiver of one or both of these 

requirements, you must complete your 

designation application form 

electronically and transmit your waiver 

request narrative document from the 

following Web site: https:// 

opeweb.ed.gov/title3and5. 

EXCEPTION TO ELECTRONIC 

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENT: You 

may qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

may submit your application in paper 

format if you are unable to submit an 

application electronically because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload documents to the Web site; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., room 6020, Washington, 

DC 20006–8513. Fax: (202) 502–7861. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

Submission of Paper Applications by 

Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier), your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service or commercial carrier: Mrs. 

Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6020, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark, 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service, 

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(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier, or 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark, or 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

Submission of Paper Applications by 

Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the application, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6020, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. 

Hand delivered applications will be 

accepted daily between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal 

holidays. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 

98, and 99. (b) The regulations for the 

Title III Programs in 34 CFR part 607, 

and for the Title V Program in 34 CFR 

part 606. 

Note: There are no program-specific 

regulations for the AANAPISI, PBI, and the 

PPHOA Programs. Accordingly, we 

encourage each potential applicant to read 

the HEA, the authorizing statute for these 

programs. 

For Applications and Further 

Information Contact: Kelley Harris or 

Carnisia Proctor, Institutional 

Development and Undergraduate 

Education Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6033, Request for Eligibility 

Designation, Washington, DC 20202– 

8513. 

You may contact these individuals at 

the following e-mail addresses or phone 

numbers: 

Kelley.Harris@ed.gov, 202–219–7083 

Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov, 202–502–7606 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, audio 

tape, or computer diskette) on request to 

the contact persons listed in this 

section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF), on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF, you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO) toll free, at 1–888– 

293–6498; or in the Washington, DC 

area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–1059d, 

1101–1103g and amendments to Titles III and 

V of the HEA by Public Law 110–315. 

Dated: January 14, 2009. 

Vickie L. Schray, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher 

Education Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for OMB 

review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

clearance, a proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

proposed collection will gather data 

about what constitutes an innovative 

research environment. It will also 

contribute to building a dataset for the 

development of a science of science and 

innovation policy, as part of the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

program by that name. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

collection must be received on or before 

February 20, 2009. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments, but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this notice, 

please advise the Desk Officer of your 

intention to make a submission as soon 

as possible. The Desk Officer may be 

telephoned at 202–395–4650. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent to the: 

DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 

10102, 735 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; and to: 

Timothy Fitzsimmons, Materials 

Science and Engineering Division, 

SC–22.2, Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences, Office of Science, US 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington 

DC 20585–1290, 

Tim.Fitzsimmons@science.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to: 

Timothy Fitzsimmons, Materials 

Science and Engineering Division, 

SC–22.2, Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences, Office of Science, US 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585–1290, 

Tim.Fitzsimmons@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information 

Collection Request Title: Developing the 

Science of Science and Innovation 

Policy: Profiles of Innovativeness and 

Effective Research Communication. (3) 

Type of Request: New collection. (4) 

Purpose: This data collection request 

will bring to conclusion a long-term 

research effort funded by the 

Department of Energy’s Office of Basic 

Energy Sciences to develop the best 

practices in the management of 

scientific innovation. This data 

collection request will also help support 

an effort under a new National Science 

Foundation program (SciSIP) which is 

developing a scientific approach to the 

formulation of science and innovation 

policy. 

Survey data will be collected on 

researcher attitudes towards their 

research environment. Research 

managers will be asked in addition to 

describe laboratory policies that 

promote innovation. Hypotheses from 

the industrial innovation literature 

about what constitutes an innovative 

environment will be tested on 72 

research projects in six national 

laboratories chosen to reflect a diversity 

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