Abstract
In March of 1964, the House Committee on Science and Astronautics asked the National Academy of Sciences for an advisory report to the Congress on certain fundamental questions related to the government support of basic scientific research. The NAS selected a panel of fifteen persons under the chairmanship of George B. Kistiakowsky to consider the problem, and their report, “Basic Research and National Goals,” comprised of individual essays by each of the panel members, was submitted in March of 1965. The article by Carl Kaysen, professor of political economy at Harvard University, that appears here is taken from that report. Two broad questions of fundamental importance had been posed by the House Committee: 1. What level of federal support is needed to maintain for the U.S. a position of leadership through basic research in the advancement of science and technology and their applications? 2. What judgment can be reached on the balance of support now being given by the federal government to various fields of scientific endeavor, and on adjustments that should be considered?
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