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D. national Science Foundation* 



Research — The national Science Foundation has 

 provided a steady and substantial increase in their total 

 funds for basic research during FY 1960, 1961 and 1962. 

 The FY 1962 total is approximately double the FY 1961 

 figure. The Divisions of Biological and Medical Sciences 

 and Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences have 

 shared about equally in this increase. TJith increased 

 funds the Foundation has been able to support some large 

 and coiTipx-ehensive proposals as v^ell as an increased number 

 of smaller proposals. Large proposals are particularly 

 significant in the oceanographic field where ship opera- 

 tions are a necessary and expensiv/e part of research pro- 

 grams. Even more institutional and general ship funding 

 is desirable in the future, 



/Antarctic Program — The nsP Antarctic Program is also 

 expanding. Tlieir ship, to be operated in ^^Jitarctic waters, 

 ser^jQs an interdisciplinary program and will only be 

 e.vailable part time for oceanogrephic work. There is also 

 a need for an ice-vvorking floating laboratory for operation 

 in Arctic v;aters. 



Indian Ocean Expedition — LJSF funding for FY 1962 for 

 the International Indian Ocean Expedition may not be 

 adequate in viev; of the unexpected needs of the meteorol- 

 ocy program.; ah essential pairt of the Expedition. Sub- 

 rtantiai increases v/ill be requested for FY 1963 and a 

 cimilar amount will be needed in FY 1964. 



Ship Construction — Funds available to IISF for grants 

 for ship construction seem to have reached a plateau at 

 about $3,500,000 per year. The USF policy of turning 

 design control and title to ships over to the grantee in- 

 stitution accompanied by adequate safeguards for recovery 

 of the ship should the grantee fail to use the ship for 

 the purpose intended, is heartily endorsed. One of our 

 original recommendations was that this should be done. 

 We are confident that in this way better ships will be 

 built and their operation will be more efficient. 



•••See Sections II- A, B, C, E, and I. 



