Dr. Bush on — 



Basic research as promotion of, 7; 

 Go\ernmcnt incenti\es needed, 7; in- 

 crease in, 1930-1940, 19-20; prob- 

 lems and recommendations concern- 

 ins, 21. 



Boxvniini Coniniittcc on — 

 Needed changes in ta.x structure as 

 incentive to, 73; achievements made 

 by laboratories, 77; limited number ot 

 laboratories engaging in background 

 scientific research, 82-83; operating 

 costs of research laboratories related 

 to salaries of research staffs, 92-93; 

 concentration of, in few companies 

 and industries, 107; recommended 

 Federal aids to, 107-109; analysis of 

 scientific research exi^enditures by 

 laboratories compared with expendi- 

 tures in leading universities, 125-134. 



See also Research, applied; Research, 

 scientific; Scientific enterprises. 



Research, medical: 



Highlights of Dr. Bush's recommen- 

 dations and developments since 

 1950, xi-xii. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Need for Government financial sup- 

 port, 5-6; achievements in the war 

 on disease, 13-16; progress between 

 World Wars I and II, 15; sources of 

 financing, 16; proposed amount of 

 Government financing of, in medical 

 .schools and universities, 16; release 

 of wartime results, 28; support of, as 

 function of proposed National Re- 

 search Foundation, 35, 38, 39-40; a 

 division of, proposed in a National 

 Research Foundation, 35, 39. 



Palvier Committee on — 

 Need for Federal aid for, 50-51, 57- 

 58; use of public funds in Europe 

 and Britain for, 50, 56-57; recom- 

 mendations concerning nature of the 

 use of Federal funds for, 50-51, 62- 

 63; estimated budget for Federal aid, 

 51, 60; effect of World War II on, 

 54; Federal aid to, as a wartime de- 

 velopment, 56; progress between 

 World Wars I and II, 57; reports of 

 OSRD to U. S. Senate on need for 

 Federal support of, 57; endowments, 

 industry', and alumni associations as 

 partial sources of funds for, 58; gen- 

 eral research funds, fellowships, and 

 grants-in-aid as recommended forms 

 of Federal aid, 58-60, 63, 66-68; rec- 

 ommendation for promotion of, by 

 creation of an independent Federal 

 agency, 60-61; definition of term, as 

 used in the report, 64. 



Buwmiin Committee on — 

 Analysis oi, in uni\'ersity departments 

 of anatomy, physiology, and bacte- 

 riology, and in industrial research 

 organizations, 125-134, passim; insti- 

 tutions for, included in a survey of 

 research in nonprofit science insti- 

 tutes, 133, note .3. 



Stewart Committee on — 



Decisions on release of data from, 



during the war, 189, 191. 



See also Medical schools; National 

 Foundation for Medical Research; 

 Rockefeller Institute of Medical Re- 

 search. 



Research, military: need for, in peacetime, 

 under permanent independent civil- 

 ian-controlled organization in liaison 

 with the armed services, xii-xiii, 17- 

 18, 33-34, 159; support of, as func- 

 tion of proposed National Research 

 Foundation, 34, 35, 38, 39-40, 117. 



Research, outer space, international as- 

 pects of, XV. 



Research, scientific: 



Highlights of recommendaticms and 

 developments since 1950 — 

 Recommendations concerning, within 

 the Government, i.x-x; five principles 

 of Government support of, and NSF 

 compliance, x.x-xxi; NSF analytical 

 studies on relationship between re- 

 search and development and the na- 

 tional economy, xxiv. 



Dr. Bjish on — 



President Roosevelt's request for rec- 

 ommendations concerning, 1-4; in the 

 vyar against disease, 5; need for pub- 

 lic funds to support, 6; as scientific 

 capital, 6; expenditures for, 1930- 

 1940, 6-7; need for benefits to reach 

 industries not utilizing new scientific 

 knowledge, 7; recommendation that 

 knowledge based on problems of 

 World War II be made available, 

 under controls, 8, 28-30; relationship 

 to public welfare, 17-22; relationship 

 to national security, 17-18; relation- 

 ship to employment, 18; relationship 

 to practical application, 18-19; cen- 

 ters of, 19. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Role of the Government in assistance 

 to, in natural sciences, engineering 

 and agriculture, 73; responsibility of 

 the Government to provide, 73-76; as 

 basic to the national welfare, 74-76, 

 77; role of the Government to engage 

 in, within the Government, and rec- 

 ommendations for increased effective- 

 ness of Government programs, 75-76; 

 argurnents against Federal aid to, 78; 

 traditional support of, 79; precautions 



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