Data from fiscal report giving cumulative figures on operation of program as of June 30, 1962 Data from the operations and fiscal reports for the 1961 and 1962 academic years 700 Number of loans to prospective teachers. of loans to students with superior capacity in science, mathematics, etc.. of loans committed to high school 69,552 88,269 223,95 , , , EXHIBIT 8 Federal support of graduate study-Number of participants in Federal fellowship, traineeship, and training grant programs, fiscal years 1963 and 1964 [Based on agency estimates and requests in the Budget, 1964, as forwarded to Congress] 3. Postdoctoral and special, long term.. National Science Foundation. National Institutes of Health. 4. Postdoctoral and special, short term.. Office of Education..... Fellowships: 1. Graduate, full time... 14, 222 15,895 Atomic Energy Commission.. 300 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: 300 Office of Education... National Institutes of Health ". Other Public Health Service. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation.. National Science Foundation.. Department of State: * American students.. 5,437 15, 488 1,292 1,494 111 133 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education.. 1,391 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Public Health Training grants (awards to individuals through educational institutions): 1. Long term.........--- The National Education Improvement Act of 1963 would provide an additional 8,500 fellowships. Distribution of fellowships by level estimated on basis of distribution pattern in 1961. NIH fellowships include research career investigator grants, primarily for support of independent research of recipients. Estimates based on 1961 data. Later data is not available to Office of Education at this time. The National Education Improvement Act of 1963 would provide 2,000 summer fellowships. Systematic data on the number of graduate students employed as research assistants from Federal research grant and contract funds are not available. For fiscal year 1961, however, there were an estimated 15,000 such students. See "Meeting Manpower Needs in Science and Technology" (Rept. No. 1: Graduate training in engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences), a report of the President's Science Advisory Committee, December 1962. |