This Directory of Federal R&D Installations is a comprehensive, general reference to research and development establishments owned and directly controlled by the Federal Government. It was compiled on an experimental basis by the National Science Foundation at the request of Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Chairman, Federal Council for Science and Technology (FCST). The Committee on Federal Laboratories (of FCST) had recommended preparation of such a directory in response to need for current information on the identity, location, size, functions, and capabilities of the Federal laboratories. Seventeen Federal Government agencies, which account for more than 98 percent of fiscal year 1970 estimated Federal obligations for intramural research and development, submitted the completed survey reports in the directory. This directory will be an important means of making more widely known the Federal installations capable of dealing with significant research and technological problems, and their expertise and major equipment resources. Ultimately, it should help increase interagency use of the Federal Government's R&D resources. Concurrently, the directory will help to provide the basis for more informed judgments as to the need for new laboratories and supporting establishments. The survey planning and design was done with the help of a seven-man special advisory committee appointed by the Director of the Federal Committee on Laboratories. The committee members also served as their respective agencies' survey liaisons. Without their assistance and that of the liaison officers of the remaining 10 respondent agencies, this directory could not have been compiled. The names of these individuals and their agency affiliations are listed in the technical notes (appendix A). Not listed by name, but deserving appreciation, are the many staff employees who provided the respective agency liaisons with the material for preparing the individual installation reports. Overall direction of the survey and preparation of the directory were the responsibility of Dr. Zola Bronson, Staff Associate for Science Management Studies, Office of Economic and Manpower Studies, National Science Foundation. Directory users are encouraged to forward their suggestions, questions, and comments on the directory to Dr. Bronson. This directory was developed in the National Science Foundation's Office of Economic, Manpower, and Special Studies, Charles E. Falk, Head, under the general guidance of Thomas J. Mills, Head, Office of Economic and Manpower Studies. W. D. McElroy Director National Science Foundation Introduction This directory is primarily a reference document. Hence, the survey emphasis was on developing a comprehensive list of federally owned and directly controlled R&D installations and those subsidiary organizations that provide direct technical service and support. Because the size of the directory was an important consideration, only a few data categories were selected for reporting and details were restricted. Where available, other published materials are listed describing the individual installations in greater detail. The directory reports, arranged alphabetically by agency and within major subordinate echelons, reflect data as of June 30, 1969. Developments subsequent to this date affecting the status of individual installations are generally not reported. Directory users searching for an installation by name are cautioned to make certain that the latter represents the current official designation for the entire installation and not a constituent element. The Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's), except those funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Office of Education), are included because the sponsoring Federal agencies have direct access to the former's resources. Typically, the respective sponsoring agencies also approve proposed undertakings of major or significant R&D activities by their FFRDC's for other organizations. The survey enumeration explicitly exclude all security classified installations and all federally owned R&D installations whose continuing administration is the responsibility of academic institutions and industrial organizations, other than FFRDC's. Equipment reporting guidelines received special attention during the planning phase of the survey. It was determined necessary to restrict reporting to special R&D instruments and equipment which: (1) may have been custom-made or developed onsite to meet exceptional needs, (2) are uncommon in that only a few are available in all of the Nation's R&D establishments, or (3) are not typical of the equipment usually found in the particular type of reporting installation. Cperating within the guideline of reporting all federally owned and directly controlled installations involved in R&D activities, a total of 486 separate reports was submitted and included in the directory. These reports identify and describe the activities of 723 R&D installations. However, the disparities between the respective installations in terms of physical size, dollar obligations, program responsibilities, etc. are so great that assigning value measures to the total, 723, would be controversial. Nevertheless, the composite of reports does provide a reasonably faithful, broad-brush profile of the Federal intramural R&D installation structure. A review of the installations' reports clearly identifies a remarkable array of resources in the Federal R&D intramural system. This expertise and physical plant currently in use can undoubtedly contribute importantly to meeting the Nation's many emerging and continuing evolving new needs. A concise index has been included in the directory to facilitate information retrieval. The COSATI Subject 1Exclusive of 5 research vessel listings and 3 individual research vessel reports. ix |