THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY. EEW AY IN GRANTS: NSF Interest Lies in Basic Research Walther Explains Notion Of Ecumenical Councils Once Again -- The Famous TCE EUROPEAN STUDENT TOURS (Some tours include an exciting visit to Israel) - ~ The fabulous, Iong-established Tours that include j many unique features: live several days with a French family - special opportunities to make friends abroad, special cultural events, evening entertainment, meet students from all over the world. Travel by Deluxe Motor Coach. S1963 ER *13 Days in Europe $705. *INcLLUSI .4I By PHILIP SUTIN The National Science Founda- tion is interested in "funda- mental" research, Michael Gaus of NSF's engineering section ex- plained recently. As the foundation believes that the researcher knows what is best in conducting basic. research, it allows more leeway in grants than other agencies,. he noted. There is no exact definition of fundamental r e s e a r c h, Gaus noted, as each varies in each field. It is not, however, the de- velopment of devices and systems or the routine collection of data. Generalized Letter Unlike other agencies, NSF only requires a generalized letter as' annual reports. However,to meet potential, Congressional demands that NSF prove that the country is getting its "money's worth" out of the $322.5 million appropria- tion, more detailed documents are being urged, Gaus said. Such reports should detail the progress of the research, list the graduate students being employ- ed, the papers published and un- usual discoveries, he added. The researcher is also allowed to make minor deviations from his proposal if the outlined ap- proaches prove to be unfeasable, Gaus noted. Grants Available He noted that grants may be obtained for: 1) Straight research; 2) Major equipment too big to be purchased in a single grant or useful to many- projects or de- partments; 3) "Incentive seed money" from $5000-10,000 to help establish po- Groups To Hold Learning Seminar The German Department and the Center of Research on Learn- ing and Teaching will co-sponsor a seminar on the philosophy of learning as applied to language learning tomorrow at 3:10 p.m. in the Rackham Ampitheatre. tential faculty, provide for release time or graduate student assist- ants, or similarly help the faculty. "This type is a bet on the man and an opportunity for the re- searcher to develop himself," Gaus noted; and 4) Travel to foreign meetings. However such grants are limited to faculty who are members of international commissions or pre. senting papers. Last year the foundation re- ceived 560 proposals worth $34.1 million and approved 232 of them worth $8.8 million. Sixty per cent of NSF funds go to pay salaries of principle in-, vestigators and graduate student assistants, 25 per cent for equip- ment and 15 per cent for mis- cellaneous items such as com- puter services, he said. Buildings cannot be modified using grant funds as NSF assumes universities provide space for its research activities and its grants only supplement their efforts. Screened Plans Once arriving at NSF, the pro- posals are screened by the gen- eral and divisional offices to de- termine who shall consider it. They are then sent, Gaus noted, to outside reviewers--experts in the particular field--for critical comment. The reviewers judge proposals for the merit of the research, competance and growth potential of the investigator as indicated by a biographical sketch and on the attitude of the institution where the research is to be per- formed. They may comment on the pro- posal's budget, but may not allow that to be a factor in rating the value of the research, Gaus said. Well Known These reviewers are generally well known in their field and come from industry, government laboratories and universities, he added. However, they are not in the same institution as the pro- poser. If comment is generally favor- able or unfavorable, then a deci- sion is expedited, he said. If it falls in between because of re- viewer comment, the proposer is sent a summary of the criticism and istgiven an opportunity to refute it. When comment is not strong eitherway, a decision will depend on the availability of funds and the number of proposals pending, Gaus explained. Four Months .An unsuccessful proposal will take approximately four months to process and a successful one six months, the difference due to "paper work," he noted. Proposals are often chopped down by NSF, resulting in the despairity of the percentage of proposals accepted and the; lower rate of funds dispensed. Often, he said, five-year plans are cut to two or three years as the total cost must be financed in the budget of the year the project is approved. To renew a project, a new pro- posal must be submitted. Approx- imately 30 per cent of NSF funds go into renewals, Gaus pointed out. He warned that such requests must be filed six months in ad- vance to avoid any cutoff of funds. Although NSF usually accepts or rejects proposals in toto, it may sometimes approve an idea, but tell the researcher that the re- viewers found his experimental design good, but his analytical plan should be improved, Gaus said. NSF sends reviewer criticisms back to rejected applicants, he added, and urges them to resub- mit their proposals on the basis of the criticism. Each proposal is considered separately w i t h o u t considering past applications. He advised proposers to be de- tailed, but nbt so specific as to draw petty criticism. Gaus also said that less established re- searchers should present more de- tailed plans than well known ones. He noted that reviewers have a natural tendency to favor estab- lished researchers. By DEBORAH BEATTIE "All Christians believe in unity, but not all believe in union," Prof. Daniel Walther of Andrews Uni- versity at Berrion Springs said yesterday speaking on "Observa- tions of Ecumenical Councils" for the Seventh Day Adventist Stu- dent Association. Laymen have not understood the syntax of the term ecumenical. The word ecumenical"which is understood differently by Protes- tants and Roman Catholics actu- ally means pertaining to the entire inhabited world. However, a Prot- estant considers it as a movement or federation looking for a com- mon denominator for merger while a Roman Catholic thinks of it as a general conference of Roman Catholics, Prof. Walther said. Protestants have world councils periodically for business purposes whereas Roman Catholics hold them only in time of particular difficulty for the Church. There have been only three such Roman Bureau To Offer. Study on Learning The Bureau of Industrial Rela- tions and Business school will conduct workshops on "Program- med Learning and Teaching Ma- chines" at 5:30 p.m. today in the Michigan Union. Today's program will concern the first part of the "Program on Programmed In- struction." Catholic councils since the refor-1 mation, he added. The first Protestant Council was held in Edinburgh in 1910 for representatives of missionary so- cieties. This conference was held to em- phasize what unites Christians and not the difference in denomina- tions. In fact, Prof. Walther noted, the whole Protestant approach is to try to merge organically to ob- tain a united front for growth and survival. It was decided to carry the movement back to the home churches, and after World War I, the movement 'was continued with a council in Amsterdam in 1948 at which the World Council of Churches was created. The World Council has met twice since then, Walther said. The Roman Catholics last met in an ecumenical council before 1962 in 1860. "The present Coun- cil will affect not only the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches but will affect world politics be- cause the Vatican is actually, a political capital sending and re- ceiving ambassadors," he said. The current council will resume its. sessions in September. Transatlantic Transportation Additional Travel Arrangements Made For Independent Groups On Request At Reasonable Prices TRAVEL & CULTURAL EXCHANGE, INC. Dept. C 501 Fifth Ave. " N. Y. 17, N. Y. " OX 7.4129 SPECIAL STUDY TOURS IN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES AVAILABLE VOICE and Graduate Student Council are sponsoring a lecture by DR. 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KENNETH BOULDING "Cross-Culture Communication Between Christian and Jew" Lecture No. 1, Spring Series: "The Jew in Western Culture" GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY'S original production of "TOLEDO WAR" FORMALS and 1 /2 off I COCKTAIL DRESSES while they last ...all fine winter merchandise from HUTZEL'S regular stock TUESDAY, March 12 UNION BALLROOM 8:00 P.M. 1429 Hill St. B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation1 All Are Welcome L' r 1 ' .tee THE MICHIGAN UNION presents ... S MARCH 10-25 TODAY marks the beginning of the Fifth Annual Creative Arts Festival sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Sunday, March 10 W. D. Snodgrass in a Reading of room at 8:00 P.M. His Poetry in the Union Ball- Sunday, March 17 (C.nt'd) Professional Theatre Program Distinguished Lecturer Series: presenting Harold Clurman (Director, Critic, and Author), speaking on "Scope of the Theatre" in Union North Lounge at 3:00 P.:M. Michigan Union. The 1963 Creative Arts Festival is designed to create an aware- ness and stimulate an interest of the student body to the cosmopolitan scope of the University's cultural affairs. The Festival includes the media of music, literature, dance, drama, painting, archi- tecture, and photography and is high- .Monday, March 11 Faculty Poetry Reading Hour by Professor Donald S. Hall, Pro- fessor James Squires, and Mr. E. G. Burrows in the Union Ball- room at 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, March 12 Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents "Toledo War" in the Union Ballroom at 8:00 P.M. Toronto Symphony Orchestra-University Musical Society in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 P.M. Wednesday, March 13 James Dickey in a redding'of His Poetry in the Multi-purpose Room-UGLI at 8:00 P.M. Thursday, March 14 Student Composer's Forum in Auditorium A at 8:30 P.M. Friday, March 15 Ann Arbor Piano Teachers' Recital in Lane Hall at 8:00 P.M. Folklore Society Concert featuring Bonnie Dobson in the Union Ballroom at 8:30 P.M. Saturday, March 16 Development Council Concert presenting Dave Brubeck Quartet in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 P.M. Sunday, March 17 Ann Arbor Piano Students' Recital in Lane Hall -at 3:30 P.M. Organ Recital by University Organist, Robert Noehren in Hill Auditorium at 4:15 P.M. Jewish Life Through the Arts Series: Raymond Katz will lec- ture on "Symbolism in Synagogue Art" at the Hillel Founda- tion at 8:30 P.M. Monday, March 18 University Musical Society presenting Auditorium at 8:30 P.M. Tuesday, March 19 Asia Society Performing Arts Program: in Trueblood Auditorium at 8:30 P.M. Wednesday, March 20 Contemporary Music Festival: Symphony Band Concert in Hill Auditorium at 8:30 P.M. Friday, March 22 Spring Dance Concert in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre at 8 P.M. University Musical Society: San Francisco Ballet in Hill Audi- torium at 8:30 P.M. Saturday, March 23 Spring Dance Concert in Lydia Mendelssohn at 2 and 8 P.M. Contemporary Music Festival: Chamber Music for Strings in Rackham Lecture Hall at 8:30 P.M. IFC-Vulcans "Sounds from the Summit" iin Hill Aud. at 8:30. Sunday, March 24 Debate: U. of M. vs. M.S.U. Subject: "A Common Market for the Nations of the Free World". Presented in the 3rd floor conference room-Union at 3:00 P.M. Monday, March 25 Featured Speaker: Norman Mailer of the English :Department in Trueblood Auditorium at 8:00 P.M. Birgit Nilsson in Hill Indian Kathak Dancers lighted this year by featured speaker Norman Mailer. Contemporary Music Festival: Chamber Rackham Lecture Hall at 8:30 P.M. Music Concert in ART SHOW M ..,r-. . I OD n A 4. rWT.!.. PHOTOGRAPHY DISPLAY . I A - A- - - - ! I . r POTTERY MAKING r+ - = r VW A a A irnwiAm T PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST ~UTTmrTraU Q 11 11 11 11 11 11 I