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implementing agencies appoint liaison members, one from each country 

 for each of the eight categories, to serve as an adviser to the Com- 

 mittee. ^^^ The current program encompasses visiting scientists, 

 seminars, and cooperative research projects. 



Seminars. — Seminars may be held on ah}^ academic subject, but 

 topics must "be compatible with the general purposes" of the pro- 

 gram. According to NSF, this statement means that topics must be 

 of particular regional interest or when "sufficient competence in the 

 research areas exists in both countries to make a meeting mutually 

 beneficial." ^^^ A seminar chairman proposes a topic; five to ten 

 participants from each country are nominated. The Foundation 

 encourages all participants to present papers; it also encourages 

 geographic distribution of participants and recommends that younger 

 men be nominated. The cooperative aspects of the program must be 

 followed : 



A proposal should be developed jointly with a Japanese scientist and both 

 countries must approve the topic and participants. A written report or abstract 

 must be submitted to a professional journal: "Thus the widest possible audience 

 will be informed of what is going on in Japan in a specific field." "'' 



Table 10 shows the expansion of seminar activities from 2 in 1962 

 to 24 in 1969 : 



TABLE 10.— UNITED STATES-JAPAN COOPERATIVE SCIENCE PROGRAM, EXPANSION OF SEMINAR ACTIVITIES 



1962-69 



Source: "Summary Record, Joint Staff Meeting, United States-Japan Cooperative Science Program," Washington, D.C., 

 September 1969, p. 17. 



Visiting scientist program. — The visiting scientist program, 

 usually exclusively funded by OIP, provides grants to U.S. scientists to 

 research or train in a Japanese laboratory. The rationale, according 

 to the Joint Committee, ". . . has been that Japan has long sent 

 large numbers of research scientists to the United States for study, 

 whereas American scientists seldom elected Japan as a site for extended 

 research activity." ^^^ 



A scientist in any field is eligible; a doctoral degree is required; 

 preference is given to young postdoctorates ; the visit should last from 



'" Ibid., p. 9. Liaison members, as of March 31, 1970, are: Exchange of scientists: Edward Tatum, The 

 Rockefeller University; Education in the Sciences, Harry Kelly, Provost, North Carolina State University; 

 Scientific and Technical Communication: Allen Astin, Former Director, NBS; Earth, Planetary and Astro- 

 nomical Sciences: Walter Orr Roberts, President, University Corporation of Atmospheric Research; Bio- 

 logical, Agricultural and Medical Sciences: Stanley Bennett, Professor, University of North Carolina; 

 Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Sciences: Robert E. Marshak, Professor, University of Rochester; 

 Engineering Sciences; John Ide, Division Director for Engineering, NSF; and Special Problems Related to 

 the Natural Sciences: John Wilson, Vice President, The University of Chicago. (Ibid., pp. 103-104.) 



17' U.S., National Science Foundation, "U.S. Japan Cooperative Science Program: Guidelines for Sub- 

 mitting Seminar Proposals," September 17, 1969. 



1" Ibid. 



i'8 "Status of U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science Program ... as of March 31, 1970," op. cit., p. 9. 



