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29 March 2018

Charge to the SMD Advisory Committees:
Review NASA SMD R&A Methods to Foster High-Impact Research

The NASA Science Mission Directorate has asked the Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC) to consider whether NASA is supporting high-impact/high-risk research and interdisciplinary research appropriately. A summary of this request is available here. [PDF]

In support of the APAC's deliberations on this subject, your PhysPAG Executive Committee requests your participation in the following survey. Responses submitted by 2 April 2018 will be considered for input to the PhysPAG presentation to the APAC in April.

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