I am currently researching at the University on a project that is intended to have benefits years from now. I feel that while there is no immediate product to be released, there is still quite a bit of satisfaction building on the knowledge that is already available. In a sense, the work I am conducting, which is on the mechanisms of brain injury, has a deliverable or product that is the research itself. Groups from around the world contribute to this, and it, in turn, allows for more short-term projects to be successful because the foundation is laid down several years in advance. I feel the difference boils down to either conducting the initial stages and producing a foundation or the final stages and producing the final product. Either way, there is still gratification and progress in similar time frames.