Research Applied to National Needs--1971-1977: A Program History of the First Six Years

摘要

The survey, covering the period from March 1971 through March 1977, concentrates mainly on the first three years during which the initial organization and establishment of the RANN program policies and goals took place. It describes the policy shift at NSF from one in which research decisions were left entirely to scientists to one in which public accounting of Federal expenditures for research and development (R&D) was required. Concepts and resulting actions which eventually led to the establishment of RANN as a free-standing applied domestic research funding program of the Federal government are outlined. Included are origins of the RANN task force, RANN criteria for judging the suitability of research projects, the role of Congress, beginning problems of the energy program build-up and transfer, RANN reorganization, and a study of RANN strategy, future program directions, and evaluation.