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Dr. Robertson. I would like to say in response that we take the 

 sea grant program very seriously. This is a program of the greatest 

 importance. 



It broadens our charter to include applied research in marine sci- 

 ences. It is a program where we will take more initiative and leader- 

 ship in shaping the spectrmn of activity that we support, and I hope 

 that the program can increase at a healthy rate. 



I would like also to point out in connection with developing strength 

 in institutions that we now have three programs which are aimed at 

 strengthening institutions in science, including marine science: the 

 university science development program, which provides large grants 

 to upgrade the entire science program of a university; the depart- 

 mental development program, under which any science department 

 or interdisciplinary area in an institution may be given substantial 

 funding to help improve and strengthen its work ; and a college science 

 improvement program, primarily for 4-year colleges, where the insti- 

 tution may come in for help in strengthening its science programs. 



All of these programs are open to proposals in the marine science 

 field. 



Mr. Rogers. Have any been granted yet ? 



Dr. RoBERTSOisr. We have made a number of grants. 



Mr. Rogers. In the marine science field ? 



Perhaps you would like to furnish that for the record. 



Dr. Robertson. I would like to furnish that for the record, because 

 I am not quite sure of my facts here. 



Mr. Rogers. But you don't recall any offhand ? 



Dr. Robertson. I recall several proposals, and I am hesitating be- 

 ■€ause I am not sure that the grants have been made. 



Mr. Rogers. Could you furnish that, and give us some greater detail 

 •on these three programs. I would hope without any question that ma- 

 rine science would play a major part in these programs, because we 

 need this very definitely. 



Dr. Robertson. We hope so, too. 



(The information follows :) 



National Science Foundation Grants 



No grants made to date in the Science Development Programs of the National 

 Science Foundation have been specifically for the marine sciences. This is not 

 to say that such science has been ignored in requests to the National Science 

 Foundation. In the University Science Development grant to the University of 

 Georgia, for example, there is support for marine biology which is conducted in 

 part at Savannah River and at Sapelo Island. 



The Foundation will give careful consideration to proposals involving devel- 

 opmental programs in the marine sciences where the supportive basic sciences are 

 present and strong. The attached brochures describe these programs in greater 

 detail. 



(The attached brochures were placed in the files of the subcom- 

 mittee. They were published by the National Science Foundation under 

 the following titles: 1. Departmental Science Development Program; 

 2. University Science Development Program; and 3. College Science 

 Improvement Program.) 



Dr. Robertson. In managing these programs, we leave it to the 

 institution to decide what field or fields they will propose to strengthen. 

 We have not limited it to any particular field, and we have asked the 

 institutions to search their souls and come up with a program that will 

 do them the most good in strengthening their science work. 



