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C. Facilities 



FY 1965-15,984,000 

 FY 1966-13,483,000 

 FY 1967-$5,228,000 



Since inception of the National Oceanographic 

 Program in 1961, the Interagency Committee on 

 Oceanography has emphasized the need for the 

 gro^vth of the physical plants at academic and 

 private institutions, as well as the in-hoiise capa- 

 bilities of Federal laboratories. By FY 1967 the 

 government will ha\e spent since FY 1961, a total 

 of $36,618,000 on oceanographic facilities with 

 approxiinately 52% going into government facil- 

 ities, and 48% to academic and private institutions. 

 This close balance results from parallel funding 

 trends for both the academic and Federal sectors. 



It should be noted that the funding of ac- 

 ademic facilities can be considered as an in- 

 vestment in a futm-e source of oceanographers 

 and other related talents, as well as fostering the 

 necessar)' en\ironment for oceanographic re- 

 search. We can look with pride at the Cjuantitv 

 and excellence of the institutional facilities sup- 

 ported over the past six years by the agencies of 

 the Federal government. Facilities imder con- 

 struction or recently completed represent some 

 of the finest oceanographic centers ever designed 

 and, although modest in size, offer complete 

 supporting services to the research scientists. 



Sixty-seven percent of the FY 1967 facilities 

 budget will be allocated for construction of 

 private and institutional laboratories, with the 

 remaining funds su]D]3orting governmental 

 facilities to be used for existing programs. Past 

 budgets fluctuated widely, since there is usually 

 a hiatus between design and construction fimding. 

 FY 1967 compares fa\orably with the funding- 

 trend developed o\er the past six fiscal vears. 



Beaufort, North Carolina to facilitate ship and 

 logistic support operations. 



Geological Survey 



FY 1965 -$20,000 

 FY 1966-$20,000 

 FY 1967 -$20,000 



Shore laboratories ha\e been established at the 

 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to sup- 

 port the East Coast Continental Shelf activities. 

 Laboratory facilities to perform mineralogical 

 and seclimentological analyses are being prepared 

 on the West Coast. 



During FY 1967 the Geological Smvey will 

 continue development of the marine research 

 laboratories at its Menlo Park, California research 

 center, and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Fishery-Oceanography Center on the campus of 

 the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La 

 Jolla, California. De\elopment of portside facilities 

 for shipping and recei\ing samples and equipment 

 on the West Coast will betjin. 



Bureau of Mines 



FY 1965-$0 



FY 1966-125,000 



FY 1967-125,000 



In FY 1967, construction is required for im- 

 provement of the Bureau's oceanographic lab- 

 oratory at the Marine Mineral Technologv' Center 

 at Tibiu'on, California. 



DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 



Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 



FY 1 965 -$2,500,000 

 FY 1966-$ 210,000 

 FY 1967-$ 160,000 



The Bureau proposes to construct a $160,000 

 seawall and bridge at the Biological Laboratory, 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



FY 1965-$2,500,000 

 FY 1966-$2,500,000 

 FY 1967-12,900,000 



The National Science Foundation will continue 

 to respond to proposals for facility construction 



and improvement. Last year the Foundation 



supported construction or modification of shore 



