The planning group selects and defines the broad priority areas for research to be pursued by the research center but leaves the formulation and execution of the research proposals to the individual research center directors. The projects are organized by region, laboratory, PMS number, and research project number. DFS next issues the Research Technical Plan for the next fiscal year. Instructions for completing the form are on the back. The proposal must be submitted to DFS by the date specified in the annual call for proposals.
Instructions are on the back of the form.
The report must be submitted to DFS by the 15th of the month following the end of each fiscal-year quarter. Instructions for this report are also on the back of the form. The reporting requirements for research center research are the same as for planned research as described in section 9.4.2. The basic product of scientific research is information. Dissemination of that information is necessary to ensure that others interested in the problem can use the data.