Geological Survey FY -62 $7U,000 



ET-63 $80,000 

 Research on a number of marine biological and biochemical problems 

 involving the geologic history of ocean basins; the origins of marine 

 sedimentary rocks,, ores 3 and fuels? and isotopic and other chemical 

 processes of present-day relevance is now being carried out in various 

 Geological Survey laboratories „ A significant expansion of such work 

 is planned for FY-63° Typical subjects of this research include: the 

 analysis of modern planktonic skeletal materials % the rcle of organisms 

 in the origin of carbonate sediments and petroleum? the recently- 

 discovered fractionation of hydrogen isotopes by marine bacteria; 

 paleontological investigations of past land and ocean-current config- 

 urations! the use of marine fossils for determination of ancient 

 climatic conditions and the dating of marine sediments; shoal-water 

 ecology and paleoecology as applied to stratigraphic interpretation; 

 and the investigation, and possible development of a fuel ceil basically 

 powered by marine bacterial oxidation. Results of such work will 

 apply over a very broad range of problems relating to earth history, 

 animal physiology, mineral exploration, climatology and energy 

 sources „ 



DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE 



Office of Education FY-62 $59,000 



FT-63 $59*000 

 The Office of Education awards a number of graduate fellowships for 

 new and expanded programs in oceanography that contribute to this 

 objective as well as objective one, 



DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 



Coast Guard FY-62 $ 



FT-63 $ 

 Under Objective Three,, the Coast Guard has no direct research activities 

 other than the collection of data in cooperation with other research 

 agencies. This includes plankton hauls and sampling from ocean station 

 vessels, lightships^ and the Bering sea patrol „ This will continue 

 in 1963 o 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



FY-62 $2,600,000 

 FY -63 $3*100,000 

 The Division of Biological and Medical Sciences supports a wide variety 

 of studies that show promise of leading to a greater understanding of 

 life and living processes in the marine and estuarine environments „ 

 Much of this work Is done at marine laboratories either on a continuing 

 or a seasonal basis, and much more is carried on in other laboratories 

 in which marine organisms are being used as experimental materials in 



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