...Department of Agriculture, The National Technical Information Service of the Department of Commerce and the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) Program of the National Science Foundation are examples. As questions arise regarding the most effective mechanisms for transferring technology,...

...a principal consultant to a study of electronic fund transfers done by Arthur D. Little, Inc., for the research applied to national needs (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation. I think that, on balance, the advantages of a moratorium on electronic fund transfer activities are...

...Investigators Nevin S. Scrimshaw Daniel l.dT Wang Study Coordinator Max Milner This report was funded under the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN), program of the National Science Foundation, NSF grant AEN 75-1 3072. Its preparation was coordinated by the Department of Nutrition and Food Science,...

...called technology assessment1"9.* The first true technology assessments were sponsored and commissioned by the Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) Program of the National Science Foundation.10'11 In 1974, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), a new government organization...

...definition of need, inventors can be encouraged to direct their "inventiveness" in particular directions. The "Research Applied to National Needs" (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation is an example of a program to encourage new development in manufacturing technology.* Both *Concerning...

...large increases are found in the defense budget and the enregy budget (nuclear and solar research). The Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) budget will drop by nine percent to $8.5 million. The Justice Department's research...

...large increases are found in the defense budget and the energy budget (nuclear and solar research). The Research Applied to National Needs (RANN) program of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) budget will drop by nine percent to $8.5 million. The Justice Department's research...

...two-way cable project consists of a series of experiments to determine the benefits of interactive cable for the delivery of public services. The work...intended to provide data on the costs and benefits of cable television systems that can be used both to receive and to send signals from a home, agency,...

...two-way cable project consists of a series of experiments to determine the benefits of interactive cable for the delivery of public services. The work...projects funded in the NSF cable research program, the Spartauburg project is intended to provide data on the costs and benefits of cable television systems...

...recommended that RANN further explore those areas where obstacles inhibit local Foreword This study was supported by the Research Applied to National Needs...(RANN) program of the National Science Foundation as a part of an ongoing effort to explore opportunities for future research programs. lt had come to...