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1 Introduction
Pages 7-14

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From page 7...
... HISTORICAL ROOTS This study followed a tradition of instrumentation assessments.1 Many of the issues identified in the past still resonate. The first National Science Foundation (NSF)
From page 8...
... The resulting report, Basic Research and National Goals, included two essays that discussed the rising cost of instrumenta tion3 and how heavy investment in large research facilities was accompanied by rising operation and maintenance costs.4 In 1970, the National Science Board (NSB) stated in its recommendations to Congress that The acquisition and construction of new instrumentation is the pacing item for research in much of the physical science.
From page 9...
... 7 National Science Board. Science and Engineering Infrastructure for the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science Foundation.
From page 10...
... The NSB identified several high-priority but unfunded instruments and projects that fall into that gap, including incoherent scatter radar, replacement of an Arctic regional research vessel, replacement or upgrade of submersibles, beamline instrumenta tion for neutron science, and major upgrades of computational capability. Accord ing to the NSB, in many cases midsize instruments and projects do not fall under NSF's Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC)
From page 11...
... budgets, FY 2004-2006. Source: Analysis by committee of data from National Science Foundation (2005)
From page 12...
... Other recent federal government reports include a 1995 National Science and Technology Council study, which stated that academic research infrastructure needs substantial renewal and provided a conservative cost estimate of $8.7 billion for facilities and instrumentation,11 a 1998 NSF survey of academic research fa cilities, which estimated the cost of deferred capital projects to be $7 billion for the construction of new facilities and $4.4 billion for the repair or renovation of existing facilities,12 and a 2001 report to the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , which found that $5.6 billion was needed for biomedical research equipment.13 According to the 2004 NSB S&E indicators report, about $1.5 billion was spent for academic research equipment in 2001.
From page 13...
... OVERVIEW OF REPORT As discussed in the preface, the purpose of this study is to examine current federal programs and policies for the acquisition and development of advanced research instrumentation and the status of such instruments on university campuses and to determine whether an interagency instrumentation program is warranted. Chapter 2 of this report describes the significance of instrumentation and provides a definition of ARIF and examples of ARIF in various fields.
From page 14...
... F1-3: According to the 2004 NSB S&E indicators report, the share of research equipment expenditures funded by the federal government declined from about 62% to 55% from 1983 to 2001. F1-4: The funds spent for academic research equipment on the average over the last 5 documented years (1997-2001)


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