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Dr. HoRNiG. Let me get this question straight. You would like the 

 figures for basic research as a whole in all fields as compared with 

 oceanography ? 



Mr. Drewry, Yes. And how, going back to 1960, for a point of 

 comparison. 



Dr. HoRNiG. We will be happy to furnish that. 



(The following material was supplied for the record :) 



Federal funds expended for research ^ in science and engineering 



[In millions of dollars] 



Field 



Fiscal year 

 1960 



Fiscal year 



1965 

 (estimated) 



Increase 

 (percent) 



Oceanography 2 



Physical sciences 3 



Mathematical sciences ^ 

 Engineering ' 



Biological sciences ' 



27 

 563 



24 

 747 

 107 



1,680 

 113 



1,743 

 247 



158 

 190 

 371 

 133 

 131 



1 Basic and applied research. 



2 "National Oceanographic Program, fiscal year 1966 "ICO Publication No. 17; "A Long-Range National 

 Oceanographic Plan, 1962-72," ICO Publication No. 10. 



3 "Federal Funds for Research, Development, and Other Scientific Activities," vol. XIII, National 

 Science Foundation, NSF No. 65-13. 



Mr. Drewry. Then you mentioned the number of graduate students 

 has increased by a factor of 3, from 110 in 1960 to 310 in 1964. This 

 is more or less along the same lines of the other questions, to get 

 some comparison of where oceanography stands in relation to other 

 fields of scientific endeavor, both basic and applied. 



The total enrollment of graduate students in science and tech- 

 nology, and again a comparison with development. 



Dr. HoRNiG. I will be happy to supply that. 



(The following information was supplied for the record:) 



The number of graduate students enrolled in oceanography curriculums 

 during the 1959-60 academic year was 110. A comparison of graduate enroll- 

 ments in oceanography with other areas of science and engineering for more 

 recent years is shown below : 



Curriculums 



Academic year 



1960-61 1 



1963-64 2 



Increase 

 (percent) 



Oceanography 



Physical sciences 



Mathematical subjects 



Engineering 



Biological sciences 



159 

 25, 707 

 11,770 

 36, 636 

 14, 775 



310 

 30, 959 

 15. 974 

 48, 917 

 20, 639 



1 "Enrollment for Advanced Degrees. Fall, 1960": U.S. Office of Education Circular 674. 



2 "Students Enrolled for Advanced Degrees, Fall, 1963"; U.S. Oflice of Education, Rept. OE-54009-63 



Mr. Drewry. Then you mentioned also, on page 2, that there are 

 3,000 people now engaged professionally in oceanography, which is 

 more than double the number in 1960. I would like to know what the 

 source of your facts is on that, because I understand that manpower 

 studies by the Science Foundation and the National Academy are said 

 to disagree by about a factor of two. 



So, could you make the reports available that support that ? 



