basic research by, xxv; basic research 

 by, 17-18; as participant in wartime 

 scientific research, 29; organization of, 

 considered in organization of pro- 

 posed National Research Foundation, 

 40; establishment of, 85; wartime 

 scientific research under auspices of, 

 190. ^ ., 



National Aeronautics and Space Council, 



xxii. 



National defense: 



Highlights of research related to na- 

 tional defense and developments since 

 1950— 



Necessity for basic research, i-"^; pro- 

 posals for a division of national de- 

 fense to be included in the proposed 

 National Research Foundation, and 

 its eventual exclusion, xii-xiii, xix; 

 National Defense Education Act, 

 xvi, xviii; Federal funds obligations 

 for basic research for national de- 

 fense, 1956, xxv. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Scientific progress related to national 

 defense, 10-11; proposal for a division 

 of national defense to be included in 

 the proposed National Research Foun- 

 dation, 34, 35, 39, 40. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Function of proposed National Re- 

 search Foundation to cooperate with 

 Army, Navy, and civil military re- 

 search organizations in interest of na- 

 tional defense, 117. 



Moe Committee on — 



Proposed National Science Reserve as 



contributing to national defense, 153. 



National Defense Education Act, xvi, 

 xviii. 



National economy: NSF conference on 

 research and development arid the 

 impact of the conference on, xi; NSF 

 analytical studies on relationship be- 

 tween research and development and, 

 xxiv. See also National welfare. 



National emergency: resources of proposed 

 National Research Foundation to be 

 available to the U. S. in event of, 

 117; recommendation for establish- 

 ment of a National Science Reserve 

 to be available upon declaration of, 

 138-139, 153. 



National Foundation for Medical Re- 

 search : 

 Developments since 1950 in meeting 



proposals for — 



Purpose of proposals provided within 



NSF and NIH, xi. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Proposed establishment of a divisioii 



for medical research in the proposed 



National Research Foundation, iri 

 lieu of a separate agency for medical 

 research, xi. See also National Re- 

 search Foundation. 



Palmer Committee on — 

 Recommended establishment and or- 

 ganization of, as a Federal agency to 

 administer Government aid for med- 

 ical research, 51, 64-69; fundamental 

 principles governing Federal funds to 

 be administered by, 62-63. 



National income, scientific research ex- 

 penditures and, 85-89. 



National Income and Its Composition, 

 ] 91 9-38, Kuznets, 86, note 1. 



National Institutes of Health: establish- 

 ment of, xi, xii, 85; research grants 

 by, and budgets, xii; fellowships ot, 

 xvi; Federal funds obligations tor 

 basic research by, xxv. 



National Merit Scholarship Corporatiori, 

 source of financial aid for undergrad- 

 uate students, xvi. 



National Patent Planning Commissionaire- 

 port by, on patent laws as they attect 

 industrial research, 21; recommenda- 

 tion of, on inventions by Govern- 

 ment employees, 105. See also Pat- 

 ents. 



National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 

 NSF support to, xxi. 



National Research Council: Soviet Pro- 

 fessional Manpower, xxv; medical ad- 

 vice provided by Division of Medical 

 Sciences of. World War II, 53; ad- 

 visory capacity of Division of Medical 

 Sciences to Committee on Medical 

 Research, OSRD, 53; role of, in med- 

 ical research, 55; Rockefeller Founda- 

 tion fellowship program administered 

 by the Medical Fellowship Board of, 

 60; Welch Fellowships in Medicine 

 instituted by, 98; recommended use 

 of experience of, in granting interna- 

 tional fellowships, 114; proposed 

 agency to administer the fellowship 

 and scholarship program, 154, 156; 

 Fellowships of, 156; proposed role of 

 the Administrative Committee of, in 

 a scholarship and fellowship program, 

 180-181. See also National Academy 

 of Sciences. 



National Research Foundation: 

 Dr. Bush on — 



Establishment of, as major recommen- 

 dation by Dr. Bush, vii; details of 

 purposes, policies, organization, func- 

 tions, relationships, and proposed 

 budgets, xi, xii, 31-40; proposed role 

 of, in international cooperative scien- 

 tific enterprises, xv. 



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