NSF: Pressures Mount to Provide Grants for Industrial Researchers.

Boffey, Philip M.

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NSF: Pressures Mount to Provide Grants for Industrial Researchers

Boffey, Philip M.

Science, 196, 4286, 142-143, Apr 77

Reports recent Senate budget authorization bill that directs the National Science Foundation "to insure that researchers in industry would be permitted to compete for (basic research funds) on an equal basis with researchers in the academic sector." Offers rationale for and discusses consequences of such a shift in policy regarding NSF support of basic research. (CS)

Descriptors: Federal Government, Financial Policy, Financial Support, Grants, Industry, Legislation, Science Education, Scientific Research, State Federal Aid

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