735 



Other overseas laboratories supported by NIH are administered 

 through grants to American universities. This is a five-laboratory 

 program called the International Centers for Medical Rese^arch and 

 Training.^^^ The total cost of the supporting grants in 1969 was about 

 $2.3 million. The five centers are located as follows: 



1. The Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, 

 Malaysia 



2. All-India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, 

 India 



3. Center at the University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica 



4. Institute of Hygiene, Lahore, West Pakistan 



5. Center at the Universidad del Valle, Call, Colombia. 



THE FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 



On July 1, 1968, the Congress and the President approved a bill of- 

 fered by Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin to establish the Fogarty In- 

 ternational Center at NIH.^^^ To date, the Center has established pro- 

 grams (1) for encouraging international communication among bio- 

 medical scientists through conferences, seminars, and worksliops; (2) 

 for Scholars-in-Residence, called "Fogarty Scholars," for the purpose 

 of making advanced contributions to the health sciences, including 

 philosophical, social, economic, and legal issues; and (3) for an Inter- 

 national Visitors' Center as the focal point at NIH for the reception 

 of international dignitaries and scientists. 



Tr> addition, the Fogarty International Center now administers the 

 NIH International Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Special 

 Foreign Currency Program. Under the Fellowship Program young 

 scientists come to the United States for one or two years of advanced 

 research training. The fellows come from about 40 countries. In Fiscal 

 Year 1969, 173 fellowships were awarded (new and second-year) at a 

 cost of $1,408,102. 



The Special Foreign Currency Program, earlier called the "Spe- 

 cial International Research Program" (SIRP) , is a system of overseas 

 health research projects utilizing P.L. 480 funds. These cooperative re- 

 search agreements are usually set up for three- to five-year periods. 

 Unless there has been a very recent change in the situation with respect 

 to the availability of foreign currencies to NIH, it is correct to state 

 that this program has been undergoing a rapid decline. As of June 30, 

 1966 current projects numbered 143 and the U.S. dollar equivalent in- 

 volved was over $19 million ; ^^^ the 1967 appropriation Congress re- 

 duced this program to $10 million ; ^^^ and the program was further 

 reduced in 1969, as seen in Table 5 below: 



164 "NIH Almanac. 1970," op. cit., page 139. 



IK "NIH Annual Report of International Activities, FY 1969," Prepared by the Fogarty 

 International Center, National Institutes of Health. (Washington, U.S. Government 

 Printing OfQce, February 1, 1970), pages 1—5. 



156 'The Participation of Federal Agencies in International Scientific Programs," op. cit., 

 page 138. 



^" Ibid., page 144. 



