; (B) development of techniques, processes, and technologies, and related testing and evaluation; (C) research and development of manufacturing processes for novel technologies; and (D) coordination with nongovernmental entities for demonstration of technologies and research applications to facilitate technology transfer; (4) terminating programs carried out under this section that are not achieving the goals of the programs; and (5) to the maximum extent practicable, ensuring that the Fund supports research that reflects diversity with respect to region, water quantity, and agricultural practice. (f) Personnel (1) Program managers (A) In general The Director shall designate employees to serve as program managers for each of the programs established by the Director pursuant to subsection (e). (B) Responsibilities A program manager of a program shall be responsible for— (i) establishing research and development goals for the program, including through the convening of workshops and conferring with outside experts, and publicizing the goals of the program to the public and private sectors; (ii) soliciting applications for specific areas of particular promise, especially areas that the private sector or the Federal Government are not likely to undertake alone; (iii) building research collaborations for carrying out the program; (iv) selecting on the basis of merit, after soliciting advice under subsection (j) as appropriate, each of the projects to be supported under the program after considering— (I) the novelty and scientific and technical merit of the proposed projects; (II) the demonstrated capabilities of the applicants to successfully carry out the proposed project; (III) the consideration by the applicant of future commercial applications of the project, including the feasibility of partnering with one or more commercial entities; and (IV) any other criteria that the Director determines to be appropriate; (v) preparing technologies for an eventual transfer from lab to market