Discusses the Senate's passage of a bill setting up a Civil Science Systems Administration to initiate and direct research and to assist in transition of scientists and engineers to civilian oriented programs. Another bill which provides for a 10-year voluntary transition to the metric system passed. (CP)

The first of a three part series, this article reviews the complex mechanisms for dispersing federal funds for R & D, how federal agencies decide which projects to support, and the use of various types of experts in evaluation of proposals. (Author/TS)

A National Academy of Sciences study of the National Science Foundation's system for evaluating research grant applications reveals it to be fair and equitable and refutes charges of bias favoring older, established scientists. (MLH)

Reported are data regarding spending in the United States for 1977 and comparisons with past years. R&D spending is expected to reach $40.8 billion in 1977, 9% above the level of 1976. Basic research spending is expected to reach $5.2 billion in 1977, an increase of 8% over 1976. Applied research is expected to increase by 8.5% over 1976.…

Outlines the energy strategy of the Democrats and details the energy proposals of the Ford Administration. The Administration plan involves a complex system of taxes and tariffs and a proposed Synthetic Fuels Commercialization Program. (GS)

Reported is the National Science Foundation's research and development (R&D) economic standing. Discussed are the national R&D expenditures from 1968 through 1981, funds for R&D from 1975 through 1981, R&D gross national product from 1968 through 1981, national basic research, applied R&D expenditures from 1968 through 1981, and full-time…

This document presents a comparative survey of the organization and financing of fundamental research in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Part 1 is entitled "In Search of a Policy," and concludes that in industrialized countries, the range of models for the organization and financing of research is that of the responsibilities assigned to…

Discusses criticism made during hearings before a House Committee on Science and Technology subcommittee of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) peer review system and the funding of the NSF science education program. (MLH)

Reports that the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) will be discontinued. (SL)

The General Accounting Office conducted a study to determine whether particular funding mechanisms play a role in helping universities improve program quality and whether funding mechanisms have different effects on research performance. Findings from the study are reported and discussed. (JN)

The declining level of government support for research has provoked concern regarding the impact on British science and scientists' morale and has triggered the formation of a lobbying group called Save British Science. Major issues (including financial considerations) are reported and discussed. (JN)

Because the bulk of scientific research is supported by the taxpayer, scientists must justify themselves to the taxpaying public. (HS)

Discusses the integration of research and teaching at undergraduate institutions and the overall effect that changing funding patterns have on large and small undergraduate institutions. (JRH)

Describes a recent move of scientists and university administrators in Japan to allow external peer review in an effort to convince government bureaucrats that Japan's academic research is up to world standards and therefore deserves more money. (ZWH)