389 



National sea grant program - $4,000,000 



1. Institutional support, to conduct comprehensive marine resources programs which include research, 



education and training, and advisory services 2,200,000 



2. Project support— 



(a) in the natural or social sciences relating to marine research and development 800, 000 



(b) to initiate or expand programs in the education and training of marine scientists, engineers, ( 



and technicians _ 850,000 



3. Advisory services covering projects to improve transmission of research results and other information * 



regarding marine resources from institutions and laboratories to the user 150, OOo 



Institutional support for science 500,000 



Will provide matching funds for the construction of oceanographic research and training laboratories at 

 an estimated four universities. 



Science education support 1,400,000 



1. Graduate education development programs 200,000 



2. Traineeships and fellowships programs _ _. 200,000 



3. College teacher programs. ._ :._ 220,000 



4. Undergraduate education development programs 60,000 



5. Undergraduate student programs 20,000 



6. Secondary schoolteacher programs 380, 000 



7. Precollege education development programs 300,000 



8. Secondary school student programs. 20,000 



Science information activities 500,000 



1. Support of abstracting, indexing, and special bibliographies for oceanographers 250,000 



2. Support for the publication of monographs, journals, date exchange, and similar services 250,000 



International science activities 100,000 



Will provide support to U.S. scientists working with Japanese scientists in cooperative oceanographic 

 research projects. 



Mr. Lennon. Counsel ? 



Mr. Drewry. Just one question, Mr. Chairman. 



On page 8, Dr. Robertson, you mention research vessel Alpha Helix 

 as being the only ship in the world designed specifically to meet the 

 needs for marine physiological research. Would you elaborate a little 

 on that, as to just what area the work of that vessel covers? 



Dr. Robertson. I would like to call on my colleague, Dr. Carlson, 

 to talk about that, if he would. 



Dr. Carlson. Mr. Drewry, I am glad you asked that question. Thank 

 you very much. 



The Alpha Helix to me is a floating physiological laboratory, and 

 as Dr. Robertson pointed out in his text, they have worked in the 

 Great Barrier Reef and also in the Amazon and at the present time 

 are working in the Galapagas. 



What the University of California has done here is to take a floating 

 laboratory and move it to the remote and relatively inaccessible en- 

 vironments where the individuals, both outstanding scientists and grad- 

 uate students from the United States and other countries, can carry 

 out a specific program of studies related to the physiological prob- 

 lems of the organisms in the area. 



This coming year, they plan to work in the Arctic areas. On or about 

 February 1, they will sail for Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians and 

 there will be joined by tho, Northwind^ the Coast Guard cutter. 



The Alpha Helix is air conditioned, so that it can work in the tropics, 

 and also has been especially reinforced for ice resistance, so that she 

 can work in polar areas. 



They will move from Dutch Harbor to Nunivac Island and start 

 following the icepack, studying the physiological effects of super- 

 cooling in animals and plan to complete their research program by 

 September 1 at Juneau. 



