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PREPARED STATEMENT OF Don I. Phillips 

 Executive Director, GUIR Roundtable 

 National Academy of Sciences 

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that of repair and renovation. 



Over the period of the three surveys, NSF reports 

 improvements in the indicators of the status of research 

 facilities and about a 10 percent increase in the total amount of 

 research space at the nation's research performing academic 

 institutions. 



The needs, however, still far exceed the current amount of 

 funding for academic research facilities. The current funding 

 picture is presented in Tables 1 and 2 and summarized here: 



• Total spending at doctorate granting institutions for 

 construction and renovation in 1990+1991 was about $3.6 

 billion with an increase to $4 billion projected for 

 1992+1992. 



• New construction accounted for the bulk of 

 expenditures. 



• The use of funding sources varies between public and 

 private institutions and between construction and 

 renovation. Tables 3-6 provide the detail. In 

 general, however, facility financing sources breakout 

 as shown in Table 2 : 



•• About one-third of the funds come from state and 



