Radiation treatment for cancer, 13. See 

 also Cancer. 



Radio, 10. 



Rayon, 10. 



Reference aids, functions of NSF in pro- 

 viding, xviii, xix. See also Libraries. 



Refractory diseases, xi, 14. 



"Pvegents' Plan for Postwar Education in 

 the State of New York," 164-165. 



Rehabilitation, committee on, 53. 



Renal disease, xi, 14. 



Research — A National Resource, National 

 Resources Committee, 100 and 

 note 1 . 



Research: functions of NSF in publish- 

 ing results of, x\dii. 



Research, applied: 



Highlights of tlie Report a}}d devel- 

 opments since 1950 — 

 Lack of desirable balance between 

 Federal funds for basic research and, 

 ix; research programs of militar\' serv- 

 ices expanded beyond, to basic re- 

 search, xiii; distinguished from pure 

 research, xx\'i; as dri\'ing out pure 

 research, xxvi. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Nature of, 83; tendency to drive out 

 pure research, 83; relative expendi- 

 tures, U. S. and England, for pure 

 research and, 87; need to maintain 

 balance with pure research, 88-89; 

 advent of, in universities, 90. 



See also Research, industrial; Re- 

 search institutes. 



Research, basic: 



Highlights of the Report and devel- 

 opments since 1950 — 

 Development of national policy con- 

 cerning, since 1950, vii-viii; as scien- 

 tific capital, viii; as pacemaker of 

 technological progress, viii; as funda- 

 mental to industrial progress, viii; 

 National Research Foundation as 

 focal point for support of, in Dr. 

 Bush's recommendations, viii; as prin- 

 cipal focus of the Report, viii-ix; in- 

 crease in use of Federal funds for, ix; 

 lack of desirable balance between 

 Federal funds for, and applied re- 

 search and development, ix; necessary 

 to national defense, ix; necessary to 

 research training, ix; necessity for, by 

 industry, ix; need for industry to 

 support, in colleges and universities, 

 ix; research programs of military serv- 

 ices expanded to include, xiii; average 

 amounts and duration of NSF grants 

 for, xx; permission for grants for, to 

 vest title to research equipment, xxi; 



NSF comjiilation of science policies 

 on, xxiii; widening support of, by 

 various Federal agencies, and Federal 

 appropriations and funds obligations 

 for, xx\'-xx\'i; recognition of impor- 

 tance of, re\'ealed by Federal legisla- 

 tive actions and appropriations, xxv- 

 xxvi; ratio of Federal basic-research 

 funds to over-all research and devel- 

 opment funds, xxvi; distinguished 

 from applied research, xxvi; tendency 

 to be driven out by applied research, 

 xxvi. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Need for a Government agency to 

 supplement, in colleges, universities, 

 and research institutes, 9; colleges, 

 universities, and research institutes as 

 centers of, 12, 19, 20; backlog of 

 scientific data accumulated through, 

 as basis of advances in medicine. 

 World War H, 13; in the war against 

 disease, 13-15; need for public funds 

 to strengthen, 20; support of, by Gov- 

 ernment, as an aid to industrial re- 

 search, 21; role of Government in 

 promoting, 22, 31; fundamentals in 

 use of public funds for, 32-33; sup- 

 port of, as function of proposed Na- 

 tional Research Foundation, 34, 38, 

 39-40. 



Bowman Committee on — ■ 

 Need to improve transition between, 

 and industrial application, 75, 78; as 

 pacemaker of technological progress, 

 78-79; nature of (pure and back- 

 ground scientific research), 81-83; 

 Government's responsibility to sup- 

 port, 81-83; tendency for applied re- 

 search to drive out, 83; relative ex- 

 penditures, U. S. and England, for 

 applied research and, 87; need to 

 maintain balance with applied re- 

 search, 88-89. 



Aloe Committee on — 

 Recruitment of talented students by 

 industry for applied science as a 

 deterrent to expansion of talent in, 

 149; need to maintain appropriate 

 balance between those trained in 

 scientific fields and those trained in 

 social sciences, arts, and humanities, 

 179; deficit in training personnel in 

 phvsical sciences and engineering, 

 179. 



See also Research, scientific. 



Research, biological: institutions for, in- 

 cluded in a survey of research in 

 nonprofit science institutes, 133, 

 note 3. 



Research, industrial: 



Highlights of Dr. Bush's analysis of 

 factors related to, x-xi. 



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