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block travel grants from the NSF to support travel of U.S. scientists to 

 international meetings. (APA disburses all funds received, charging no 

 overhead to the Foundation. ) We believe such travel grant programs should be 

 expanded in cooperation with professional associations, which are generally 

 both willing and able to administer them fairly and effectively. 



International cooperation in psychology is sometimes inhibited by the 

 relative lack of qualified research partners abroad. In many poorer countries 

 psychology is not a high-ranking candidate for scarce government support, 

 although here, too, there are exceptions, particularly in the area of health 

 psychology and behavioral (or preventive) medicine. While there is no way to 

 build up an indigenous research capability overnight, nevertheless certain 

 rather modest and effective contributions can be made. We would suggest, 

 again perhaps in cooperation with private foundations (such as IREX and CIES) 

 or professional associations, increasing the funds available for short-term 

 bidirectional exchanges of scientists and for bibliographic resources. Such 

 exchanges serve to build up areas of science that can contribute rather 

 quickly to health, education, and economic development, while simultaneously 

 contributing to more accurate intercultural perceptions and understanding. 



I am very happy to have had the opportunity to contribute to the 

 deliberations of the Task Force on Science Policy. I hope my comments have 

 been useful. Please be assured that 1 stand ready to provide further 

 assistance, as do the organizations I represent. 



