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7 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 19-21

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... Potential opportunities for recruiting and promotions need to be explored. While numerous interactions exist between NCNR staff and other NIST staff in the various laboratory units, more formalized and coordinated planning could lead to new opportunities or at least enhance the effectiveness of the current interactions.
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... The potential impact of the reduction in funding for the collaboration between NIST and the National Science Foundation involving the Center for High Resolution Neutron Scattering should be carefully examined, documented, and addressed. nSoft, the new program designed to enhance industrial collaborations and contribute toward NIST's mission, is off to a great start.
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... Recommendation 6. The NCNR should continue to focus its efforts on recruiting additional companies into the nSoft program and should establish new performance metrics that differ from those used to quantify the effectiveness of NCNR interactions with academics.
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