be channeled through NSF, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or similar 
sources possibly connected with a new agency for marine and environ- 
mental programs. If biological aspects of the national oceanographic 
program are emphasized in the future, as advocated in this report, the 
proportion of academic research supported by the Bureau of Com- 
mercial Fisheries should be increased; this is in keeping with the 
NASCO recommendaticn that approximately $5 million for such 
purposes should be channeled through the Bureau in the future. 
TABLE 7.3.—Research in relation to total NOP expenditures (including defense) 
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 
NOP Estimated Estimates of re- 
Estimated Research expend- search as percent 
Fiscal year NOP total expend- itures on of total program 
expend- itures as basic re- 
itures ! estimated search 3 
by ICO? (c)/(b) | (d)/(b) 
Million dollars Million dollars Million dollars 
NOGSs2 6 55 12-4.- 155 31 NA 20 NA 
U9G4 reo Se 188 42 23. 9 22 13 
WOGS Seren caso 248 46 26. 1° 19 11 
W9G6S2 = nts 244 51 24. 6 21 10 
IIA 7 fe ane 312 55 27.5 18 9 
1 These figures are larger than those reported by ICO due to inclusion of some Naval oceanography not 
covered by ICO. 
? After deducting an assumed one-third for ship-operating costs. 
3 Office of Science and Technology estimate of research conducted in academic institutions or equivalent 
private and Government laboratories, again exclusive of ship-operating costs. 
The 15-percent annual growth figure in “basic” or academic re- 
search underlying these extrapolations is not magical, but it corre- 
sponds to recent growth rates or needs projected on reasonably con- 
servative bases for such programs.’ However, the very rapid increase 
in the expected number of oceanographers (see secs. 8.3, 9.4) suggests 
that the rate of increase of basic research may need to be substantially 
greater than 15 percent; therefore, basic research may represent a 
higher proportion of the $210 million budget. 
A 5-year national oceanographic mission budget consistent with a 
$210 million total outlay is shown in table 7.4. Especially rapid 
growth is projected for environmental prediction and control and for 
hear-oceanographic environment programs. On the basis of crude 
benefit assessments previously reported, these two would seem to be 
the most promising of today’s nondefense oceanographic programs. 
*“Chemistry : Opportunities and Needs,” NAS-NRC, Committee for the Survey 
of Chemistry, 1965, p. 21; “Physics: Survey and Outlook,” NAS-NRC, Physics 
Survey Committee, 1966, p. 118. 
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