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CHAPTER FIVE
REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE FUTU RE OF
THE ACADEMIC ENDEAVOR
IN THE LIFE SCIENCES
The substance of the case for societal support of the research endeavor in
the life sciences is presented throughout this report. No natural constraints
to this endeavor are evident other than the supply of qualified investigators.
If the people of the United States, and indeed all mankind, are to be ade-
quately nourished in the future, if we are to pursue with utmost vigor the
attempt to understand the nature of life, the nature of man, the diseases to
which he is subject, and the environment in which he dwells so that, one day,
this knowledge may be utilized to alleviate the human condition, to minimize
suffering, and to extend the useful and enjoyable life-span, then the research
endeavor in the life sciences must be supported in a manner and on a scale
commensurate with our national aspirations in these regards.
Both individual investigators and department chairmen were queried
with respect to current constraints to research progress. The responses
obtained from 10,083 individual scientists engaged in all research areas
and employed in all classes of academic and nonacademic institutions were
almost monotonously uniform. These are summarized in Tables 49 and 50.
Funds, space, and research staff were considered to be serious problems
by more than half the scientists who responded.
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