. Basic research in the mission agencies : agency perspectives on the conduct and support of basic research. Federal aid to research -- United States; Research -- United States; Research; Executive departments -- United States. PART II INTRODUCTION The agency submissions contained in Part I illustrate great diversity in the financing, man- agement, and conduct of basic research and its relation to Federal missions. There are, however, some cross-cutting trends and problems. This part of the report is designed to provide an overview of these trends and problems as they affect agen- cy research
. Basic research in the mission agencies : agency perspectives on the conduct and support of basic research. Federal aid to research -- United States; Research -- United States; Research; Executive departments -- United States. PART II INTRODUCTION The agency submissions contained in Part I illustrate great diversity in the financing, man- agement, and conduct of basic research and its relation to Federal missions. There are, however, some cross-cutting trends and problems. This part of the report is designed to provide an overview of these trends and problems as they affect agen- cy research operations, federally funded basic research performers, and the various fields of sci- ence (for more detail on the contents of Part 11, see the last three subheadings of this introduction beginning with "Problems in the Conduct of Basic Research"). In order to supplement the material in Part I, Part II also draws upon the responses to questions and issues provided to the Board by the agencies (see description of methodology in Ap- pendix C). It also utilizes statistical information on Government- and nongovernment-supported R&D regularly collected by the National Science Foundation.! While the primary purpose of this report is not quantitative analysis, selected Gov- ernment-wide and national data are presented in order to give perspective to the agency comments on the support and conduct of basic research. Trends in Federal Support The data on Federal obligations and expendi- tures for basic research are subject to substantial limitations (described in the Overview section of this report). Nevertheless, they provide a suffi- ciently reliable basis for analyzing the compara- tive roles played by agencies and research per- formers and how the various fields of science have fared. They also help put into perspective the trends in funding levels over the years. The Board has not attempted in this report to analyze the causes for or correlations in funding trends, bu
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