959 



TABLE 19.— NSF, INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANTS, AMERICANS ABROAD, FISCAL YEARS 1961 AND 1970 



Travel grants to 

 individuals 



Travel grants to 

 National Academy 



of Sciences to 



support attendance 



of Americans 



at meetings 



Travel grants to 

 professional 

 associations 

 to support 

 attendance of 

 Americans at 

 meetings 



Fiscal 

 year 



Total 



funds 



awarded 



Funds 

 awarded 



Number 

 of 

 trav- 

 elers 



Funds 

 awarded 



Number 

 of 

 confer- 

 ences 



Funds 

 awarded 



Number 

 of 

 confer- 

 ences 



Travel of 

 Americans to 

 NATO Advanced 

 Study Institutes 



Number 



of 



Funds trav- 



awarded elers 



Courtesy 

 travel 

 service 

 adminis- 

 trative 

 services 



. • Data for 1961 compiled from: U.S. National Science Foundation, "llfh Annual Report, 1961", 1962, pp. 255-257, 

 "International Science and International Science Education," and pp. 364-371, "Attendance at International Meetings." 



2 Data for 1970 compiled from: U.S. National Science Foundation, "National Science Foundation Grants and Awards," 

 1970, 1971, pp. 90-99, "International Science Information Exchange (Travel)," and pp. 85-86, "International Coopera- 

 tive Science Activities." 



3 Total funds awarded for travel program, excluding contract for administrative services for the program total $667,774. 

 Total funds, including $150,000 for administrative services for the program, are $817,774. 



National and Special Research Programs 



National and Special Research Programs are major, often inter- 

 disciplinary, research efforts which relate to specific geographic areas 

 or are of such a broad scope and magnitude that extensive coordina- 

 tion of planning, management, funding, and logistic support are 

 essential to insure maximum effectiveness and efficiency in program 

 performance. Some of the programs involve extensive international 

 coordination and cooperation with other U.S. Government agencies 

 and foreign and international bodies for the planning and conduct 

 of research. "In terms of men [involved] and money spent, [NSF- 

 supported] international research programs comprise the great bulk 

 of science-related operations of the National Science Foundation. ^^ 

 Estimated expenditures for these programs for fiscal year 1973 exceed 

 $60 million. (See Table 20.) Most of these programs are administered 

 by the Assistant Director for National and International Programs. 

 However, some of the research fiinded under the activities comes fiom 

 support of basic research under the Research Directorate. While 

 alluding to the international significance of these programs, the Foun- 

 dation does not include them under the support category of "Inter- 

 national Cooperative Science Scientific Activities," either in budget 

 presentations before the Congress, or in Annual Reports. The Office 

 of International Programs has no responsibility for these activities. 

 (In comparison with the cost of these research programs, authoriza- 

 tions for OIP activities for 1973 total $4,700,000.) 



2'3 Iw^entory of Federal Programs Tnvohivg Educational Activities Concerned With Improving International 

 Understanding and Cooperation: An interagency survey . . . , op. cit., p. 365. 



