Marine Science Affairs 



new insights into weather processes over the sea, and Gemini photography 

 demonstrated the potential of space observation of ocean phenomena. Ad- 

 ditionally, advanced laboratory models — physical and mathematical — pro- 

 vide important new analytical tools. 



Federal Funding of Research and Facilities 



Research ship operating costs are shown in Table X.2. The total Federal 

 support of basic and applied research, including work performed in uni- 

 versities, industry or the Government is shown in Table X.3. Research pro- 

 posed for the next fiscal year is about $14 million greater and the research 

 ship operating costs about $3 million greater than the appropriations for 

 FY 1968. 



Many of these programs have been discussed in other Chapters, par- 

 ticularly those supporting specific missions. The Navy, primarily through the 

 Office of Naval Research, supports marine science research at almost 100 

 universities and colleges and private laboratories and a dozen Navy labora- 

 tories. Investigations cover broad programs in ocean and sea floor dynamics; 

 marine chemistry, geology, and biology; air-sea interactions; physics of 

 sound in the sea; Arctic environment; radioactivity; research instrument 

 development; human regulatory mechanisms related to diving; earth physics; 

 corrosion; and related fields. 



The Department of Defense THEMIS program to develop new academic 

 centers of excellence includes six projects ^ in marine sciences that were 

 initiated in 1967. The total funding of $2.92 million, which represents 

 approximately 43% of all THEMIS funds allocated to the Navy during 

 FY 67, provides these institutions with two full years of support which 

 is step-funded over a three- year period. The additional FY 1968 and FY 1969 

 ocean science and technology expenditures under Project THEMIS are 

 expected to amount to $4.5 million and $6.0 million, respectively, based on 

 the same percentage allocation of total Navy THEMIS resources. 



The National Science Foundation has increasingly supported marine re- 

 search, facilities, and education at universities and oceanographic institu- 

 tions. The NSF program : 



— funds for ship construction and conversion; 



— supports the construction of laboratory buildings, docking facilities, 

 and other shore installations; 



' State University of New York at Buffzilo — Environmental Physiology; University 

 of Massachusetts — Deep Sea Submersibles ; University of Notre Dame — Military 

 Vehicle Technology; Arizona State University — Human Performance in Unusual 

 Environments; Oregon State University — Use of On-line Computer for Environ- 

 mental Research; Florida State University — Fluid Dynamics Center. 



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