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the Director of the National Science Foundation, for the United States, 

 And Hubert Curien director-general of the National Center for 

 Scientific Research for France. ^^* 



The agreement provided for a S-j'ear program which could be 

 renewed. Awards are made for study or work only in the mathematical, 

 physical, chemical and engineering sciences, and in the biological 

 sciences exclusive of medicine. ^'^ Visits typically last between five 

 and fifteen months. E^ichange scientists and dependents receive travel 

 funds; the host institution provides a stipend for Uving and domestic 

 travel expenses. The NSF also furnishes institutional allowances to 

 the U.S. host institution for French scientists. ^^° 



The 1970 agreement provided for support by each agency totaling 

 the U.S. dollar equivalent of $50,000 for the academic year 1971-1972. 

 In fiscal year 1971, the NSF awarded grants to 11 French scientists 

 for study in the United States. Twelve American scientists received 

 awards for studj^ in France. Total funds obligated by NSF in 1971 

 amounted to $113,647.^^^ Eight American scientists were supported 

 during fiscal year 1972, as were eight French scientists.^^^ 



Scientific Exchanges With Romania. — ^^ A delegation from Romania, 

 headed by Alexandru Birladeanu, Deputy Chairman of the Council of 

 Ministers of the Socialist Republic of Romania and Chairman of the 

 Romanian National Council of Scientific Research, came to the 

 United States on June 18, 1968, at the invitation of Dr. Donald F, 

 Homig, President Johnson's science adviser. A joint statement ^"^ 

 issued by Mr. Birladeanu and Dr. Hornig at the conclusion of the 

 three-week visit referred to the exchange program which had been in 

 effect between the two countries since 1960 and expressed an intention 

 to expand mutually beneficial projects of scientific cooperation. 



In particular, both Governments sought opportunities for scientists 

 and engineers to engage jointly in research, scientific and technical 

 information exchange, and mutual fellowship programs. Each country 

 agreed to encourage long- and short-term visits of scholars and 

 specialists to each country for research, study, lectures, and attendance 

 at scientific and technical conferences. Specific cooperative areas 

 mentioned included: transportation, coal research, preservation of 

 wildlife, physical standards, and the peaceful uses of atomic energy. 

 Each government also agreed to designate a "science oflQcer" to its 

 Embassy in the other's capital. The formal agreement for scientific 

 cooperation was included as part of the cultural exchange agreement 

 signed by the two countries on November 28, 1968.^^^ 



218 "Memorandum of Arrangement for the Exchange of Scientists between the National Science Founda- 

 tion of the U.S. and the National Center for Scientific Research of France," July 20, 1970. 



='» Social sciences \\111 be added during the fiscal year 1974 program. {1974 NSF Authorization: Hearings, 

 op. cit. p. 356.) 



2-" Idem, and "Amiouncing the 1971-72 Program for French-U.S. Exchange of Scientists between the 

 NSF and the CNRS," program announcement by National Science Foundation, E-70-G-17. 



221 NSF, Annual Report, FY mi, op. cit., p. 55. 



222 U.S. National Science Foimdation, Annual Report, FY 1972, 1973, p. S3. 



-^ Similar agreements were later entered into with Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Bulgaria. The NSF is 

 implementing agency for these agreements under the Expanded East Europe Cooperative Science Program. 

 There is no indication in NSF budget materials that foreign currency funds are used for these activities, 

 although the Foundation does have a separate Special Foreign Currency Program which provides for fund- 

 ing of scientific research with Poland and Yugoslavia. These NSF directly-administered scientific exchange 

 programs are entirely separate from the NAS administered interacademy programs with the Eastern Euro- 

 pean countries, which are also funded by the Foundation, using U.S. dollar funds. See the next chapter of 

 this study. 



--* "Romanian scientific delegation visits the United States." OflQce of Science and Technology press 

 release, July 8, 1968, and text of the joint statement, U.S. Department of State Bulletin, 59 (August 12, 1969 

 pp. 178-179. 



225 U.S., National Science Foundation, Annual Report, FY 1969, 1970, p. 104, 



