[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14222-14223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5879]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Special Emphasis Panel in Social, Behavioral, and Economic 
Sciences; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 
92-463, as amended), the National Science Foundation announces the 
following meeting:

    Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Social, Behavioral, and Economic 
Sciences (1766).
    Date/Time: March 30, 2001; 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Place: National Science Foundation Room 375, Wilson Blvd., 
Arlington, VA .
    Type of Meeting: Open.
    Contact Person: M. Marge Machen, Project Officer, Division of 
Science Resources Studies, Research and Development Statistics 
Program, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Suite 965, Arlington, VA 22230, 
Telephone: (703) 292-7786, Fax: (703) 292-9091. Minutes may be 
obtained from the contact person at the above address.
    Purpose of Meeting: To review and comment on issues affecting 
the annual Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at 
Universities and Colleges.

Agenda:

     The extent of academic research and development 
performed through organizations that overlap the government, 
industry or nonprofit sectors of the science and engineering 
enterprise in the U.S. institutions.
     The viability of capturing these activities through the 
present format on the Academic R&D Expenditures Survey.
     Unreimbursed indirect costs and related sponsored 
research.

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     It is anticipated that items 2A (current fund R&D 
expenditures by non-science & engineering fields) and 2B (current 
fund R&D expenditures from individual Federal agencies) will no 
longer be optional and will become part of the FY 2001 survey.


    Dated: March 6, 2001.
Susanne Bolton,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-5879 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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