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Appendix A: Trends in Support for Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Appendix A: Trends in Support for Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Pages 251-260
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Funds for the behavioral and social sciences, in contrast, have followed a roller-coaster-like track. In constant 1987 dollars, federal support declined from just over $1 billion in 1972 to $873 million in 1975, increased to a peak of about $1.1 billion in 1978 and 1979, fell sharply through 1982 to a low of We are pleased to acknowledge the Division of Science Resources Studies of the National Science Foundation for providing unpublished data and other timely assistance in completion of this appendix.
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. Source: Data from National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development.
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from 1973 to 1979. The Diversity of Federal Support Although these highly aggregated numbers are indicative of overall trends, some diversity results from differences in missions and administrative practices among the many federal agencies that support extramural and perform intramural behavioral and social sciences research.
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Department of Health and Human Services EPA Environmental Protection Agency HCFA Health Care Financing Administration HUD U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ITC International Trade Commission NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NIH National Institutes of Health NSF National Science Foundation SSA Social Security Administration VA Veterans Administration 2S4
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Source: Data from National Science Foundation, Federal Funds for Research and Development, Fiscal Years 1985, 1986, and 1987.
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National Science Foundation Support The role of the National Science Foundation in federally funded research in universities and colleges is more pronounced than the overall figures cited above suggest, amounting to 25 percent of federal support for psychology and social sciences research on campuses and about 40 percent in the social sciences alone. Thus, changes in the nature and level of program support, while not strictly representative of government-wide action, have a major effect on academic research.
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This problem is by no means confined to behavioral and social sciences researchers, but it is especially acute for them. There are sound arguments for reversing this trend and moving to increase the duration of awards by 3 to S years, a direction in which some agencies, including the institutes of the Public Health Service, are now moving (see Chapter 65.
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divisions of the National Science Foundation, 1978-1986. Source: Data from National Science Foundation, unpublished tabulations.
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divisions of the National Science Foundation, 1978- 986. Source: Data from National Science Foundation, unpublished tabulations.
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. Although private foundations provide short-term selective program funding that injects significant resources for limited periods, they do not provide long-term commitment for the range of resource requirements needed to address many behavioral and social sciences research problems.
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