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 From:  xxxxxx@EXCHANGE.UAMS.EDU
[SMTP:xxxxxx@EXCHANGE.UAMS.EDU]
 Sent:  Friday, March 31, 2000 3:58 PM
 To:  xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
 Subject:  Definition of Research

 Has anyone out there tried to define research ? This is a hard one.
When you
 start looking for a good definition from the faculty, it ends up
sounding
 like the workings of a very bad joke.

 "A Molecular Biologist, a Social Scientist and a Physician walked
into a
 Research Administration Office . . ."

 I'll spare you the details.

 But the definition is important. The proper definition can affect
everything
 from mission statements to F&A calculations. Have any of you defined
 research to help you therefore define your organization's mission ?
(If not
 that, what HAVE you administrators done with the definition of
research?)

 By the way, I ALREADY HAVE THE NIH and OPRR DEFINITION, but you know
it
 doesn't always fit.

 THANKS !

 Tim

 Timothy N. Atkinson
 Director, Research Support Center
 Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
 Little Rock, AR 72202
 V: 501-320-3581
 F: 501-320-7205

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