Table 4-1. Some Suggested Solutions from Respondents for Issues 

 Concerning Vitality of the Research System 



Issue Group 



Federal 

 Laboratories 



Independent Research 

 Institutes 



Industry 



University 



Research Man- 

 power for the 

 Future 



Opportunities for 

 Young Scientists 

 and Engineers 

 throughout the 

 Research System 



Scientific and 

 Technical Per- 

 sonnel Manage- 

 ment 



Separate graduate edu- 

 cational objectives from 

 research objectives. 



Permit Federal lab- 

 oratories to hire* basic 

 research scientists in 

 a new category of 

 appointments outside 

 Civil Service 



Provide greater flexi- 

 bility in personnel 

 management under Civil 

 Service regulations. 



Stabilize training 

 support (whether as 

 fellowships, trainee- 

 ships or research 

 support) in order to 

 ensure a predictable 

 output of Ph.D.'s 

 for industry. 



Overhaul academic 

 world to nurture and 

 develop creativity. 



Provide massive re- 

 education programs or 

 early retirement to 

 avoid problems of 

 technological obsoles- 

 cence 



Revitalize high school 

 science 



Provide teaching support 

 fellowships for top stu- 

 dents. 



Activate graduate 

 traineeship program. 



Prepare flexible, inter- 

 disciplinary oriented stu- 

 dents with education and 

 research programs along 

 interdisciplinary lines. 



Place more young sci- 

 entists on agency 

 review panels. 



NSF should support 

 studies on aging, 

 static faculty and 

 possible new struc- 

 turing of faculty 

 positions 



Abandon tenure system. 



Develop specialized re- 

 search centers as new 

 organizational experi- 

 ments for separation 

 of education and 

 research. 



National Policy 

 Questions Regard- 

 ing Scientific and 

 Technical Man- 

 power 



Operate more Federal 

 laboratories as 

 FFRDC's 



Develop program of 

 national science re- 

 search fellowships to 

 insure job continu- 

 ity for scientific person- 

 nel in the face of 

 fluctuating Government 

 objectives. 



Enhance creative role of 

 researcher by decreasing 

 the role of RFP in basic 

 research efforts. 



Identify new areas 

 where future scientists 

 will be needed. 



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