953 



Proposals for projects under the special foreign currenc}^ program 

 are to be initiated by both U.S. and foreign scientists and science 

 educators. All programs would be coordinated with and have the 

 approval of the State Department and the foreign country before 

 they are undertaken. Funds are awarded by the separate divisions of 

 the Foundation, not by the Office of International Programs. ^^^ 



Overviewing activities under the research and related activities 

 section of the program for the first year since its inception, the Founda- 

 tion reported : 



From the inauguration of the program, in mid-FY 1971, to December 31, 1971, 

 the Foundation awarded grants for 21 cooperative research projects in Yugo- 

 slavia, Egypt, and Poland. It also made 96 awards to American scientists to 

 Fiinnnr* thHr ;"'tt?ndpnce at international conferences, congresses, and symposia, or 

 their participation in the development of joint research projects to be conducted 

 in Yugoslavia, Poland, India, Morocco, and Tunisia. 



Long-term projects being supported or proposed for support concern earthquake 

 engineering, electrical engineering, environmental sciences, and other areas of 

 science and technology of prime importance to both the foreign countries involved 

 and the United States.262 



Obligations for informational activities of the program have totaled 

 $1,000,000 for each year from 1970 to 1974 (estunated). In fiscal year 

 1971, when the scientific research and related activities segment of 

 the program began, the Foundation obligated $996,322. This figure 

 was increased to $1,999,598 in fiscal 3'ear 1972, and to $4,000,000 

 estimated for the years 1973 and 1974. The total fiscal year 1974 

 request for this program was $5,000,000. ^^ (A detailed budget 

 breakdown, by function, is given in Table 16.) 



TABLE 16.— NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM, BY FUNCTION 



[Thousands of dollars, equivalents) 



Fiscal year — 



foreign scientific and technological in- 

 formation activities 



Research and other science activities.. 



Scientific research 



Science education 



International travel.. 



Program total 



Sources: Data for 1969, est., 1970, est., and 1971, est.: U.S., Congress, House, Committee on Appropriations, "Inde- 

 pendent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for 1971: Hearings, Pt. 2," 91st 

 Cong., 2d sess., 1970, pp. 927 and 931. Data for 1971, est. and 1972, est. from: U.S. National Science Foundation, "Jus- 

 tification of Estimates of Appropriations to the Congress, FY 1973, 1972," p. P-1. Data for 1973 and 1974 from U.S. National 

 Science Foundation, "Justification of Estimates of Appropriations to the Congress, FY 1974," 1973, p. 0-1. 



Foreign currency funds obligated in the fiscal year 1972 (in dollar 

 equivalents) range from over $1,000,000 for Yugoslavia to$ 2,517 for 

 Pakistan and Burma. (See Table 17.) 



2" Independent Offices Appropriations, FY 1970: Hearings, op. cit., p. 508. 



'^- NSF, Justification of Estimates of Appropriations, FY 1973, op. cit., p. P-2. 



'»3 Data from: U.S., National Science Foundation, Justification of Estimates of Appropriations to the Con- 

 gress, FY197i, 1975, passim; Justification of Estimates of Appropriations . . . FY 1973, op. cit., passim; and 

 1974 National Science Foundation Authorization: Hearings, op. cit., p. 365. 



