924 



Although NSF obHgations for international science activities have 

 increased since that time (from $20 million in 1968 to $118 milhon 

 in the fiscal year 1974), OIP's responsibilities for supporting these 

 activities have decreased, relative to total expenditures, since 1968. 

 During the fiscal year 1974, the OIP will support activities totaling 

 $6.2 million, which is 5.2 percent of the Foundation's reported obliga- 

 tions for programs with international implications. (See Table 9.) 



TABLE 9.— NSF PROGRAMS WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS, FUNDING i 

 (In millions of dollars] 



Fiscal year — 



1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 



National and special programs: 



International biological program. 4.0 7.0 



Global atmospheric research program 1.5 2.0 



International decade of ocean exploration 15.0 



Ocean sediment coring program 6.5 7.2 



Polar programs 7.4 9.5 



Arctic research program 



U.S. Antarctic research program 



1973 solar eclipse 



Subtotal 



Facilities: 



Cerro Tololo 



Other national laboratories 



Subtotal... 



Education j 3.5 2.0 .2 .1 .1 



Science information.. 1.5 1.0 .4 .3 .3 



Basic research programs 2 19.0 25.0 2 25.0 2 26.0 2 27.0 



Research— RANN.. 3 2.4 3 2.7 32.7' 



International programs * (Office of International Pro- 

 grams) U.7 2.2 4.2 4.7 6.2' 



Public Law 480 2.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0' 



Aid transfers .6 .6 .4 .4 .2 



DOStransfer« 1.2 2.5 2.5 



Total 50^2 76.45 iliTs mj 118.4 



1 Data for total international activities, fiscal years 1970 and 1971 are from: U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science 

 and Astronautics, Subcommittee on International Cooperation in Science and Space, "A General Review of International 

 Cooperation in Science and Space: Hearings," 92d Cong., 1st sess., May 1971, p. 128. Data for 1972, 1973, and 1974 are 

 from information supplied by Dr. E. Sohns, Office of International Programs, NSF, Jan. 17, 1973. 



2 Estimated. 



3 Weather modification project. 



< May generally be considered as supporting OIP. 



5 Fiscal year 1970 data from: U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Subcommittee on Science; 

 Research, and Development, "1972 National Science Foundation Authorization: Hearings," 92d Cong., 1st sess., 1971, 

 passim; fiscal year 1971 estimated data: NSF, "Ji'stification of Estimates of Appropriations fiscal year 1&72 to the Con- 

 gress," 19/1, p. 1-1; fiscal year 1972, 1973 and lt74 diti from: NSF, "Justification of Estimates of Appropriations fiscal 

 year 1974 to the Congress," 1973, p. G-1. 



'These sums are (or funds transferred to the Foundation by the Agency for International Development and the State 

 Department, for respectively the Indian and educational programs and the Spanish Agreement. 



INCONSISTENT REPORTING HISTORY 



The fragmentation of the Foundation's international science 

 activities poses a significant problem for researchers: viz., unsystematic 

 and inconsistent reporting of funding. Throughout its history, the 

 Agency has not reported as "international" all of its international 

 scientific activities. These discrepancies appear in both congressional 

 budget hearings and in Annual Reports of Grants and Awards. Further- 

 more, the Foundation has included some programs under different. 



