Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 - 505 pages Committee Serial No. 10. Examines Government organizational structure supporting scientific research to determine how Federal support may be strengthened. |
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Page 14
The effect that this has on graduate students , the effect that it has on proper
growth - it appears to me if that is all we would do for the National Science
Foundation , it sort of leaves it out in limbo by itself without leverage powers .
Perhaps we ...
The effect that this has on graduate students , the effect that it has on proper
growth - it appears to me if that is all we would do for the National Science
Foundation , it sort of leaves it out in limbo by itself without leverage powers .
Perhaps we ...
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It is still my guess that we ought to now try to change the trend and shoot toward ,
in the next few years , a billiondollar level for the National Science Foundation . I
am sure that we can identify important areas of science that would justify this ...
It is still my guess that we ought to now try to change the trend and shoot toward ,
in the next few years , a billiondollar level for the National Science Foundation . I
am sure that we can identify important areas of science that would justify this ...
Page 206
There appears to be agreement among several members of the scientific
community that the National Science Foundation should be funded at an approa'
imate one billion dollars a year level. What specifically can be done to sell the
Congress ...
There appears to be agreement among several members of the scientific
community that the National Science Foundation should be funded at an approa'
imate one billion dollars a year level. What specifically can be done to sell the
Congress ...
Page 224
The problem was that the National Science Foundation faced the same or even
worse budgetary restrictions at the same time that the Department of Defense did
. So in a very real sense , we would have been better off if the work had originally
...
The problem was that the National Science Foundation faced the same or even
worse budgetary restrictions at the same time that the Department of Defense did
. So in a very real sense , we would have been better off if the work had originally
...
Page 246
I have always been a strong supporter of the National Science Foundation .
There are several steps that NSF could take to improve its image and extend its
constituency . These steps could lead to increased ability on the part of NSF to
secure ...
I have always been a strong supporter of the National Science Foundation .
There are several steps that NSF could take to improve its image and extend its
constituency . These steps could lead to increased ability on the part of NSF to
secure ...
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| Title | Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, Volume 2 Centralization of Federal Science Activities: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 8 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 505 pages |
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