  We review some key issues pertaining to NASA's Research and Analysis
programs, and offer recommended actions to mitigate or resolve these issues. In
particular, we recommended that NASA increases funding to support a healthy
selection rate (~40%) for R&A programs, which underpin much scientific
discovery with NASA mission data, and on which the majority of the U.S.
planetary science community relies (either in part or wholly). We also
recommend additional actions NASA can take to ensure a more equitable and
sustainable planetary science research community in the U.S., including
supporting the next generations of planetary researchers, working to minimize
biases in peer review, and reducing the burden of scientists as they prepare
R&A proposals.
