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Research Projects/Papers (RPs) are
| “ | the primary vehicle used to explore new analytic research areas and to develop the Directorate of Intelligence's corporate knowledge of a given issue. A research project may culminate in a SF, IA or SPS — or, depending upon the results, may be disseminated only within the Intelligence Directorate and Intelligence Community, serving as a 'capital-building' research paper.[1] | ” |