Slide title: Public Comment Synopsis

Slide words:
Weaknesses
Expand Plan’s focus to specific disciplines or topics
Tie assessments, evaluations, and specific performance measures to the Strategic Goals
Add or change the discussion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education
Make the Plan more “leading edge;” additional detail on high and low priority areas
Change organization of the material

Slide images: Photo of a panda in China (top); photo showing a Hawaiian mountain and sea coast, an area studied by the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in Hawaii (bottom).

Image credits: Li Wei, Wolong Panda Club (top); courtesy of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens and the Center for Conservation Research and Training, University of Hawaii (bottom)
Background image credit: Matthias Weber, Indiana University (image); design by Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation