Figure 29 



Proportion of Young and Senior Ph.D. Academic 

 Staff in Science Receiving Federal Support 

 and Engaged in Basic Research, 1964-70 



(Percent) 



Senior rese.^rcher^ 



J964 



'66 



SOURCE National Science Foundation, 



Figure 30 



Ratio of Young to Senior Ph.D. Academic Staff 

 Receiving Federal Support and Engaged in 

 Basic Research, by Field, 1964-70 



Mathematics 



Physics 



75 



.70 



,65 I 

 1964 66 '68 70 1964 



SOURCE National Science Foundation 



searchers declined between 28 and 18 percent. In 

 other fields, the decline was less than 10 per- 

 cent. 



Research at universities cannot be charac- 

 terized completely by the parameters discussed 

 so far, namely, manpower and funds. The state 

 of basic research in universities must also be 

 related to the health of the institutions them- 

 selves. This is especially significant since the 

 universities have traditionally shared the cost of 

 research in their laboratories. The symbiosis 

 between universities and basic research makes 

 the overall financial situation of the universities 

 a cause for concern in assessing the state of 

 science, especially its future prospects. While re- 

 search support will not by itself solve the finan- 

 cial problems of universities, its decline has con- 

 tributed to their difficulties, in that research 

 grants often carry a number of continuing 

 university costs of a long-term nature, such as 

 building maintenance, administration, and a por- 

 tion of long-term salary commitments to faculty. 



Figure 31 



Federal Expenditures for Intramural 

 Basic Science, 1960-72 



(Millions ot Dollar<.) 

 700 



1960 62 64 '66 '68 70 



(a) GNP price detlator was used to convert current to constant dollars 

 SOURCE National Science Foundation. 



'72 (est.l 



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