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of the program, the wishes of the investigator, were all elements in the de- 

 cision which was reached. 



''To\en" Contracts. CMR was frequently approached with requests for 

 contracts to perform research in which no financial assistance was desired. 

 In the first year of its existence it acceded to seven of these requests con- 

 cerned with work in which it was properly interested. The procedure was, 

 however, felt to be undesirable. Many of the requests appeared to be moti- 

 vated by a desire to retain research personnel, or to obtain priorities for 

 material, or to gain familiarity with the work of other OSRD contractors 

 in the field. In May 1942, CMR therefore decided to reject such proposals 

 as a matter of policy. Thereafter only three such contracts were accepted 

 and those under exceptional circumstances. CMR continued to aid firms 

 to retain key laboratory personnel on problems of particular concern to it, 

 but did so as an expression of interest in the work rather than as a formal 

 obligation. 



Number and Distribution of Contracts. One hundred seventy-three of 

 the 593 contracts negotiated after recommendation by CMR were made in 

 the year ending July i, 1942. In the two succeeding years there were 194 

 and 109 new contracts, respectively, and, in the period ending January 1946, 

 117. The 593 contracts were with 137 organizations in 30 states, the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia and the Canal Zone and involved approximately $24,690,- 

 000. This sum was distributed among fields of research as follows: 



MEDICINE 



Infectious Diseases $ 1,469,930.66 



Venereal Diseases 982,022.05 



Tropical Diseases (except Malaria) 421,694.12 



Convalescence 674,693.00 



Neuropsychiatry 324,929.96 



SURGERY 



Wounds and Burns 1,339,586.81 



Neurosurgery 608,887.00 



Surgical Specialties 899,114.29 



AVIATION MEDICINE 2,466,478.68 



PHYSIOLOGY 



Blood Substitutes 1,684,846.69 



Shock 820,333.00 

 Nutrition, Acclimatization, and 



Water Sterilization 1,476,270.90 



CHEMISTRY 



Treatment of Gas Casualties 1,006,572.23 



Insect and Rodent Control Ij377)333-84 



MALARIA 5,501,941.45 



MISCELLANEOUS 



(Adrenal Cortical Hormones and 



Chemistry of Penicillin) 630,056.00 



