Kutatás-Fejlesztés – Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1983
1. szám - Bibliográfia
124 his own article interpreting, evaluating and supplementing the work of his Finnish colleague. THE FUTURE OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY IN THE FRG The bulletin Bild der Wissenschaf t published in Stuttgart has made an interview series with the top authorities of West German research. Recently, the anti-science and anti-technology movement has been strengthened, especially, among the young. Establishing new organizations for ecological research a group of young scientists left the institutional framework of science. In their activities they lay great emphasis on the social impacts of resarch results. There is a growing unrest among university students, therefore the idea of setting up private universities which may generate sound competition has presented itself. Industrial research must face a new situation. Researchers in industry embody the relationship between science and technology. Up till now their mobility between universities and industrial research institutes has not been realized in the FRG either. NEW FEATURES OF THE U.S. R+D BUDGET FOR 1983 Based on the Science Resources Studies Highlights issued by the National Science Foundation, the article reviews U.S. R+D budget for 1983. Total R+D expenditures in the USA are estimated to rise to % 85 billion in 1983. This sum is 10 per cent more than that in 1982. International comparisons show that the U.S. spends more on R+D than all West European countries and Japan combined. However, relative to the GNP, the U.S. spending is at the same level with that of West Germany. When civilian /non-defense and non-space/ R+D spendings are compared to the GNP, the U.S. ratio is lower than in some of the larger Western economies. Since 1975 federal R+D budget has increased by 3 per cent annually. In the first five years of this period government investments reflected the growth of energy conservation and development; in 1981 government R+D efforts shifted to defense programs that will be focussed on in 1983,too. In the late sixties government provided nearly one-half the funds for industry performed R+D activities. From the mid-seventies industry has financed two-thirds of its own R+D. According to R+D managers in industry 1981 tax law changes will exert positive influence on future industrial R+D.
