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PREPARED STATEMENT OF Don I. Phillips 

 Executive Director, GUIR Roundtable 

 National Academy of Sciences 

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constructing sophisticated research facilities and of 



upgrading older buildings; and changing research 



priorities in response to changing national goals. 



The concern of the Roundtable, therefore, was with 



approaches to financing how they are best put in place and 



kept responsive not with the exact magnitude of the need. The 



perspective emerging from Roundtable deliberations is that no one 

 sector, nor single funding mechanism can meet the variety of 

 research facility needs; a comprehensive approach is required 

 involving all concerned sectors and a range of funding 

 mechanisms. 



I will confine my remarks here to federal mechanisms. 

 Possible funding approaches by state governments and universities 

 themselves are included in the Roundtable reports cited above. 



Targeted Congressional Appropriations 



The overriding sentiment in Roundtable discussions was that 

 targeted congressional appropriations for facilities at specific 

 institutions, in the absence of merit review, is not a sound 

 federal funding practice. No one questions the prerogative of 

 Congress to appropriate funds as the majority sees fit. No one 

 doubts the authority of Congress to preempt competitive merit 



