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international reputation." ^"^ The Institutes are chaired and organized 

 by an individual scientist who has received program approval and 

 funds from NATO. The audience normally is composed of "student 

 participants," who typically are advanced graduate students or 

 young postdoctorals. Announcements of NATO Advanced Study 

 Institutes appear in appropriate professional journals. 



The Division of Graduate Education in Science administers the 

 program through awards to the Directors of the Institutes who 

 select travel grantees. NATO ASI awards normally cover only the 

 cost of round-trip jet-economy air fare between the applicant's point 

 of origin and the ASI. 



The Foundation considers the NATO ASI program to be ". . . one 

 of the NATO's most successful cooperative scientific endeavors. 

 [As of FY 19681 more than 3,500 scientists, now participate annually 

 in these Institutes, and it is estimated that the proceedings of about 

 two-thirds of the Institutes appear in book form." ^°^ The Foundation 

 has awarded 700 travel grants for this program between the fiscal 

 year 1960, when it began, to 1970.^^° Reporting on the program is 

 similar in its uneven quality to NSF reporting on other exchange pro- 

 grams; there are no readily available in -house or pubUshed data 

 describing the number of individuals supported and amount of funds 

 awarded each year. However, the number of awards made by the 

 Foundation, has apparently remained stable for the last ten years: 

 approximately 60-80 travel awards, at a cost ranging from $30-50 

 thousand per year. (See Table 24.) 



TABLE 24.— NSF-NATO TRAVEL GRANTS FOR ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTES. 



Number of 

 Number of institutes 



Number of NATO supported 



Fiscal year travelers institutes by NSF Cost 



1961 i 



1966 2 



1967 3 



1968 < 



1969 5 



1970« 



1970'.-.- - 



1 Data for fical year 1961: compiled from NSF 1961 annual report, op. cit. 



2 Data for fiscal year 1966 from: "Inventory of Federal Programs Involving Educational Activities Concerned with Im- 

 proving International Understanding and Cooperation," op. cit., p. 355. 



3 Data for fiscal year 1967 from: "Inventory of Federal Programs Involving Educational Activities Concerned with Im- 

 proving International Understanding and Cooperation," op. cit., p. 355. 



* Data for fiscal year 196S from: U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education in Science, "Annual 

 Report, fiscal year 1968," op. cit., p. 12. 



> Data for fiscal year 1969 from: U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education in Science, "Annual 

 Report, fiscal year 1959," op. cit., p. 34. 



» Data for fiscal year 1970 from: U.S. National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education in Science, "Activities 

 Report, fiscal year 1970," op. cit., p. 44. , 



' Data for fiscal year 1970 compiled from: U.S. National Science Foundation, "Grants and Awards, 1970, 1971," pp. 

 90-99, (NSF publication 71-2). 



Note: Division of Graduate Education reports give name of grantee, cost of grants, and' name and location of Institute. 

 Annual reports data do not separately report awards for NATO-ASI awards. They must be found by searching through the 

 awards generally reported for international travel. 



*" Inventory of Federal Programs Involoing Educational Activities Concerned with Improving Interna- 

 iional Understanding and Cooperation op. cit., p. 355. • 



309 Division of Graduate Education in Science, Annual Report, FY 19G8, op^ cit., p. 12. 



310 "Questionnaire on Government Exchange Programs." Prepared by Division of Graduate Education 

 in Science, NSF for The Exchange Study. NATO Travel Grants, Program Code No. 703, response to 

 question 1 (1). 



