Ill, National 



Science Foundation Programs for Americans 

 Abroad 



National Science Foundation (NSF) programs in support of Ameri- 

 cans to research, teach, or participate in other scientific activities 

 abroad have grown in both number and importance since the Founda- 

 tion was estaljUshed in 1950. These programs are almost ubiquitous 

 and undoubtedly the most active of all Federal programs sponsoring 

 U.S. senior level nongovernmental scientific and technical personnel 

 in foreign countries. During the fiscal year 1970, 886 recipients of 

 Foundation awards carried out activities in 75 countries for a total 

 of 3,214 man-days. State Department programs sent 293 nongovern- 

 mental scientists and technicians to 64 countries for only 1,871 rran- 

 days. (See Table 7.) Americans are supported abroad under several 

 different NSF programs which now include: (a) the administration or 

 funding of a variety of bilateral science agreements with 17 countries, 

 (b) support of American nongovernmental scientific participation 

 in international scientific meetings and organizations, (c) travel 

 abroad in large-scale cooperative research programs as part of the 

 mission of NSF-funded national centers and major research programs^ 

 (d) travel under research grants supported by the Research Direc- 

 torate, and (e) educational grants supported by the Division of 

 Graduate Education. 



TABLE 7— AMERICAN SENIOR-LEVEL NONGOVERNMENTAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL ABROAD, 



NSF AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FISCAL YEAR 1970 



Source: Extrapolated by author from data included in "The International Exchange Study Data Bank, 1971," op. cit^ 



Overview of NSF International Programs 



The bulk of NSF activities for Americans abroad are funded with 

 regular dollar appropriations, and some with special foreign currency 

 funds. In the fiscal year 1974, the Foundation's international-related 

 expenditures totalecl approximately $118 million."^ Much of this 

 outlay has supported international exchange. 



"« Including approximately $2.5 milUon in funds transferred from the Agency for International Develop- 

 ment and the State Department. (See page 96 below.) 



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