Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1968

5. szám - Bibliográfia

encourange this cooperation, in an organized form, between its member states in the field of R and D, higher education and industrial production, particularly in certain "research intensive" branches of industry. To support this program, the meeting underlined the necessity of bringing scientific and technical information up to date. TEAM WORK IN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY In his paper, Professor Stussig first points out the necessity of setting up industrial research institutes whose real objective is to step up technological development as rapidly and effectively as possible. In his opinion an industrial research institute has three main responsibilities: 1, research; 2. training of highly qualified scientists; 3. "transmission" and dissemination of results achieved. As regards team work in industrial research, the author permits the reader to compare methods being adopted in the United States and Western Europe. In Europe —largely without foundation, however

—some sceptic opinions are prodominant in this respect. Nothwithstanding this fact, several institutes have given birth to teams, made up of mostly young scientists, which combine their efforts to solve certain problems. The third part of the paper concerns itself with the questions of developing industrial plants of small and medium size. To keep up with the competition, minor plants can only maintain a jointly owned and operated research institute or can only jointly place an order with an institute to perform research for them. Even so they badly need the support of state agencies by which they can at least cover the basic expenses. NEW PHENOMENA IN THE RESEARCH POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES Amqng other things, the following major problems engaged the attention of American science policy in 196?: The militarization of research in universities. As soon as the fact that certain universities were conducting research work pertaining to the chemical and biological warfare became widely known, the Federation of American Scientists, strongly backed by students' organizations, took an official stand against it. The problem of a more balanced regional distribution of R and D funds. In this field the efforts to elaborate a method, which would result in a more reasonable 898