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Contents 



Part I — ^Improving the Allocation Process 

 for Federal Science and Technology 



Determining Principles for Allocating Federal Funds 3 



Conclusions. Recommendations, and Discussion 8 



Looking to the Future 30 



Endnotes 32 



Part II — Supplements: Background and Rationale 



1 The Evolution and Impact of Federal Government Support 



for R&D in Broad Outline 41 



2 Federal Funds for R&D and FS&T 51 



3 Current Processes for Allocating Federal R&D Funds 62 

 ■i Interactions Between Federal and Industrial Funding and the 



Relationship Between Basic and Applied Research "^0 



Endnotes 82 



Appendixes 



A Senate Report Language for the Prospective Stud>' 8~ 



B (Committee and Staff Biographical Information 88 



(; Acknowledgments 93 



D List of Commissioned Background Papers 95 



E Acron\ms 96 



