I Page 18-A-Thursday, September 4, 1980-The Michigan Daily Pentagon research up, but not at 'U' By KEVIN TOTTIS Department of defense-sponsored research has grown considerably on campuses across the nation in recent years, but the University has not been a party to that increase. The majority of military research conducted at most universities is basic or "pue "-research of a particular subject. not directly related to weapons. For example, the Navy may sponsor basic research in underwater acoustics to apply its results to submarine development. PRACTICALLY NONE of the resear- ch is classified or secret. According to a recent article in The New York Times, defense support for academic science has increased nationally by 70 per cent in three years, yet figures supplied by the University indicate' that Pentagon-sponsored research here has remained fairly con- stant, or has declined, since 1977. According to Dennis Cebulski, assistant to the director of the Univer- sity's division of Research Develop- ment and Administration, 4.9 per cent, or approximately $3.7 million, of the research conducted at the University in 1977 was sponsored by the Pentagon. In 1978, the Pentagon still sponsored 4.9 per cent, or $4.1 million. In 1979, the figure fell to 3.7 per cent, or $3.7 million. on campus was sponsored by the military, the dollar value reached its high water mark of $17.7 million. Anti-war sentiment during the Viet- nam era, however, drove Department of Defense-sponsored research away from college campuses. In 1974, only six years later, a meager 5.9 per cent, or $3.6 million, of the University total research budget was subsidized by the Pentagon. During the war years, the Univer- sity's connections with the Willow Run Laboratories came under fire because the labs had a large Army contract to work with battlefield surveilance. In 1973, the University divested in Willow Run, University Vice-President for Research Charles Overberger said. THE MANSFIELD amendment, which forabde the Defense Department from sponsoring research not directly related to military functions, also detered the Pentagon from dealing with universities. But according to Univer- sity Director of Research Development and Administration James Lesch, "the Mansfield Amendment is now con- sidered passe." During the past few years Pentagon- supported research has found itself back in college laboratories again. University administrators are unable to give concrete reasons why the University has not felt this resurgence as have its peer institutions, and only cite the University's ."diversity" as a possible reason. "WE ARE MORE diversified than some of our peer institutions in both sponsors and programs," Cebulski said. "They (other universities) don't always have a choice of sponsors," Lesch said. If, for instance, a university is very strong only in engineering, he explained, it must rely on selected sponsors for most of its research, such as the Department of Defense. The University, Lesch said, is strong in many areas and has a larger selec- tion of sponsors, ranging from the National Science Foundation to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. HEW is the University's largest sponsor and funds .ap- proximately $35 million. ACCORDING TO spokespersons at the Defense Department, although research objectives are published, the department does not actively recruit researchers. "It could be that in- dividual researachers have not submit- ted proposals to us," said Acting Director of Procurements for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research John Linter. If few proposals from the University are submitted, he said, few proposals can be accepted. Very little of the research conducted at the University is classified, and that which is, must first pass a screening committee. According to Laura Nowosielski, a student who sat on the University's Committee on Classified Research, only five projects came un- der the group's scrutiny in 1979 "because they (the military) know the University has very stringent rules." The rules are contained in the University's Policy on Classified Research. They state the University will not accept any project which would "destroy human life or ... incapacitate human beings." A project must also involve graduate students, otherwise "it defeats the pur- pose of the University," Nowosielski said. This would include, according to the policy, a project "which limits open publication of results." Some faculty members say they feel although classified research is limited, the Pentagon should not sponsor any projects at the University. "The reason (the Pentagon sponsors pure research) is to make them look more palatable," Mathematics Prof. Art Schwartz said, "It isn't their function to sponsor basic research (at universities)-they have other places to do that." Despite Schwartz's opposition to the., research, Lesch said increases in the nation's defense budget cause him to expect the University's dealings with the Pentagon will increase in upcoming years. A guide to Rackham (Continued from Page 5) Board. In addition, as a unit in contact with all graduate. departments and programs but tied to none, it works to maintain fairness in the enforcement of standards and policies. " To inform: It serves as an infor- mation clearinghouse for faculty, staff, and students, concerning records- related policies, procedures, and regulations. " To record: As the repository for graduate academic records, it main- tains pertinent data on all Rackham graduate students. 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