Letter of Transmittal 



December 10, 1975 



My Dear Mr. President: 



I have the honor of transmitting to you, and through you to the 

 Congress, the Seventh Annual Report of the National Science Board. 

 The Report is submitted in accordance with Section 4(g) of the National 

 Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended. 



In this Report, Science Indicators — 2 974, the Board presents the second 

 step in the process begun with Science Indicators — 1972 of developing 

 indicators of the state of science in the United States. Our goal is a 

 periodical series of indices of the strengths and weaknesses of science 

 and technology in the United States and the changing character of that 

 activity. We hope that by contributing to the understanding of science 

 itself we will strengthen its forward thrust, illuminate its significance, 

 and assist in the examination of its problems. 



The indicators in this Report deal primarily with resources — human 

 and financial — for research and development. Progress has been made in 

 developing measures of the outcomes or impacts of research and 

 development and the contributions made thereby to the welfare of the 

 Nation. We are continuing as a high priority our study of indicators of 

 the characteristics of science and technology and will describe our 

 progress in successive Science Indicator reports. 



Respectfully yours. 



Norman Hackerman 



Chairman, National Science Board 



The Honorable 



The President of the United States 



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