Abstract
The National Science Foundation is readying a program to help scientists do basic research in the former Soviet Union. NSF director Walter E. Massey gives high priority to the programas yet unpublicizedand NSF hopes to issue the first grants by the end of this week. NSFs program comes on the heels of, but is not part of, a long-awaited, comprehensive aid package for the former Soviet Union announced by President Bush on April 1. One of the package's 10 components covers support for defense conversion, nonproliferation efforts, nuclear weapons dismantlement, and nuclear plant safety. It also covers the brain drain problemhow to prevent defense scientists from marketing their expertise to outlaw nations or terrorist groups. The White House and State Department also have taken science-related steps to aid the former Soviet republics (see page 24). However, all these measures do little for basic scientific research. NSF's new program builds on a system of collaborative research ...
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