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NSF and DOE

HEP is unusual in having two funding agencies which each have relatively stable relationships with their university grant holders.

What do you think of the job done by DOE and NSF in supporting university programs? What's great about it now? Where could it be better? Is the balance of DOE vs NSF funding appropriate? Is the separation between historically NSF and DOE universities appropriate? Have you had the experience of moving from one department to another and having to change agencies because of an unwritten rule about who funds what university?