A LITERATURE SURVEY: HOW THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AWARDS CONTRACTS AND GRANTS FOR BASIC RESEARCH.
Abstract
The Defense Department makes its general basic research interests and needs known to the scientific community through conferences, symposia, brochures, and several other methods. Considerable emphasis is placed on disseminating the information since most basic research is suggested from sources outside the military establishment. Once received in the Department of Defense, each of the agencies concerned with basic research--the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Advanced Research Projects Agency--screens the proposals. Those proposals which pass the initial examination are forwarded to a technical review board. Although this board has no approval authority, its recommendation to accept or reject the proposal is extremely important. If suggested for approval, the proposal is forwarded to the facility most directly concerned with the scientific nature of the proposed research. Here the facility director must establish a priority for financing projects he desires to have conducted. Of course, funds place a ceiling on the amount of research that can be undertaken, but there are three principal factors other than the cost which influence the decisions made on proposals: (a) scientific merit of the proposal, (b) competence of the scientific investigators, (c) relevance to the missions of the military services. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0664797
Entities
People
- Raymond K. Elderd Jr
Organizations
- Georgia Tech