960 



VI . 1 . 3 Development of Regional and International Cooperation 



VI. 1.3.1 Cooperation with ICSU 



$689,500 1 - a 



Subvention and special support activities — International 

 Biosciences Networks (IBNs) ; 2 fellowships; S&T information 

 exchange. 



VI. 1.3. 2 Cooperation with Other NGOs 



$89,150 2 - b 



International Foundation for Science (chemistry and biology 

 research workers) ; travel grants in cooperation with Committee 

 on SS.T in Developing Countries (COSTED) — meetings and symposia 

 of IBRO, ICRO and lOCD; technical assistance to developing 

 countries. 



VI. 1.3. 3 Advanced Postgraduate Research and Training 



$517,600 2 - a 



Support to International Center for Theoretical Physics 

 (ICTP) for postgraduate studies. 



VI. 1.3. 4 Regional Cooperation in Basic Sciences 



$303,750 2 - a/b 



Cooperation between European and North American institutions — 

 cellular and molecular biophysics, molecular biology and 

 biomaterials electrochemistry; chemistry of natural organic 

 substances, natural substances, applied mathematics; coop- 

 eration extended to developing country institutions, pilot 

 project with School of Hygiene and Public Health (Johns 

 Hopkins); Africa, mathematics, chemistry, biosciences; Arab 

 states, informatics, all sciences; Latin America and 

 Caribbean, lUPAP-sponsored seminars; Asia and Pacific, all 

 disciplines. 



VI. 1.3. 5 Regional Centers 



$68,950 2 - b 



Latin American Centres for Biological Sciences (CLAB) , Mathe- 

 matics and Informatics (CLAMI) , Physics (CLAF) ; International 

 Institute of Space Sciences and Electronics (INISSE) , studies 

 of Giant Equatorial Radio Telescope (GERT) . 



VI. 1.3. 6 Regional Scientific Unions 



$42,550 2 - b 



African Mathematical Union (AMU) , South-East Asian Mathemati- 

 cal Society (SEAMS), Latin American Federation of Mathematics; 

 African Union of Physics (AUP) ; Asia (Asian Physical Society, 

 APSO) ; Europe (European Physical Society, EPS) . 



Comment on VI. 1.3 ; Most subprograms in this program area require 

 sustained U.S. participation, leadership, and increased support. 

 Particular emphasis is given here to the advancement of scientific 



