...necessary by the Foundation. The principal responsibilities and functions of the Foundation are (a) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national...promotion of basic research and education in the sciences, (6) to evaluate scientific research programs of the agencies of the Federal Government, (c) to initiate...

...necessary by the Foundation. The principal responsibilities and functions of the Foundation are (a) to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national...promotion of basic research and education in the sciences, (6) to evaluate scientific research programs of the agencies of the Federal Government, (c) to initiate...

...Science Foundation Act, in section 3 (a) (1), authorizes and directs the National Science Foundation "to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national...promotion of basic research and education in the sciences. As already indicated, the foundation regards this function as a primary responsibility. Such a policy...

...statute establishes the National Science Foundation, which is authorized, among other things, to (1) develop and encourage the pursuit of a national policy...basic research and education in the sciences; (2) initiate and support basic scientific research through contracts or other arrangements; (3) initiate...

...maker of policy. National Science Foundation. Established by Act of Congress in 1 950, "To develop ... a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences; . . . to initiate and support basic scientific . . . research by making contracts or other arrangements."...

...money, the National Science Foundation was established by Act of Congress in 1950, "To develop ... a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences; ... to initiate and support basic scientific . . . research by making contracts or other arrange58'...

...Foundation was set up under Public Law 507 of the Eighty-first Congress and is responsible for developing a national policy for the promotion of basic research and education in the sciences, for supporting basic research, for awarding graduate fellowships, and for fostering the interchange...

...by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate to guide the work of the Foundation and "to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national...of basic research and education in the sciences." Dr. Gould, a former member of the Michigan faculty, was second-in-command during the Byrd Antarctic...

...question clearly, our authority is contained in a statement found on page 10 of the justifications. It is to develop and encourage the pursuit of a national...promotion of basic research and education in the sciences; evaluate scientific research programs undertaken by agencies of the Governnent; appraise the impact...

...purposes. I think I can do no better than to quote from the bill itself : "Sec. 3. (a) The Commission is authorized and directed— "(1) to develop and...pursuit of a national policy for the promotion of, and for education in, the fine arts ; "(2) to initiate and support both professional and amateur activities...