REQUEST TO THE IC/FAR RESEARCH PROJECT INFORMATION FOR 2ND QUARTER FY 1981

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• Publication Date: March 23, 1981
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Representatives to the Interagency Committee on
Foreign Affairs Research (IC/FAR)
SUBJECT: Request for IC/FAR Research Project Information
for 2nd Quarter FY 1981
To comply with section VI. B. of the Policies and Procedures for
Department of State Review and Coordination of Foreign Affairs
Research dated March 31, 1980 (revised), please have the attached
sheet completed and returned to this office by y 15, 1981.
(I= Attached is a copy of the "Working Definition" f Foreign Affairs
Research to assist you in determining which of your agency's pro-
jects should be reported. Also attached are samples of the forms
to be used in submitting project infor.aation.
If you have any questions, I can be reached on [phone].
(Mrs.) Barbara W. Morlet
Special Assistant (Research Review
and Interagency Coordination)
Office of Long-Range Assessments
and Research
Attachments:
1. IC/FAR Research Project
Information, 2nd Quarter FY 1981
2. Working Definition of Foreign Affairs
Research (Revised 6/80)
3. Sample Reporting Form(s)
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NFAC #1807/81
31 March 1981
MEMORANDUM FOR: See Distribution
FROM : Coordinator for Academic Relations, NFAC
SUBJECT : Request for IC/FAR Research Project Information
for 2nd Quarter FY 1981
1. The quarterly report to the State Department, in compliance
with Section VI.B. of the Policies and Procedures for Department of
State Review and Coordination of Foreign Affairs Research, is due by
April 15, 1981.
2. Please send me by 10 April completed research project forms
for any external research contracts initiated by your office or
directorate in the 2nd quarter of Fiscal Year 1981 or initiated in
the previous fiscal year but not yet reported. Negative reports
may be made by calling me on extension 6754.
3. I am again attaching the present "Working Definition" of Foreign
Affairs External Research which describes and illustrates what research
should and what research should not be included in your report. As
before, unclassified research project information should be submitted
on th,e Smithsonian Science Information Exchange form while classified
research project information must be submitted on the Foreign Affairs
Research Summary form (both forms attached and may be reproduced if
necessary).
4. I should like to take this opportunity to express my sincere
appreciation for your past cooperation in providing me with the information
necessary to compile accurate and complete quarterly reports.
Attachments:
As stated
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NFAC #1807/81
SUBJECT: Request for IC/FAR Research Project Information for
2nd Quarter FY 1981
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INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH (IC/FAR)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL RESEARCH
Working Definition
The IC/FAR is interested in U.S. Government for-
eign affairs external research activities. What follows
defines key terms and suggests what is to be included
and what excluded by participating agencies.
External research activities to be reported" in accor-
dance with section VI. B. of the Policies and Proce-
dures for Department of State Review and
Coordination of Government-Sponsored Research on
Foreign Affairs is defined below in terms of (1) subject
matter, (2) research approaches and methods, (3) type
of activity, and (4) cost.
1. Subject Matter
From a U.S. perspective, foreign affairs includes a
wide range of political, social, cultural, psychological,
military, economic, scientific, technological, and other
subject areas. Furthermore, U.S. domestic affairs are
increasingly linked with matters foreign or interna-
tional. A foreign affairs research activity, therefore, is
one that focuses, in part or entirely, on recent, con-
temporary, or future:
? Attributes, ideas, or behavior of non-U.S. individu-
als, groups, societies, or nations, to include studies
of discrete areas or peoples, multinational and
crossnational studies, and also historical studies
with application to the contemporary scene; or on
? Relations between and among nations, including
the United States; or relations between and among
individuals or groups located in different nations,
including the United States; or on
? Ways in which U.S. individuals, groups, ideas,
attributes, or affairs are influenced by or influence:
affairs in other nations, relations between or
among nations, the position or behavior of the Uni-
ted States in international affairs.
a. All natural (e.g., astronomical, biological, etc.) or
technological (e.g., nuclear fusion) studies in which a
cultural, economic, political, management or other
social dimension, cause, or setting is not also under
investigation.
b. All studies of U.S. affairs in which a foreign or
international dimension, cause, setting, or ramifica-
tion is not also under investigation.
2. Research Approaches and Methods
Foreign affairs research uses the approaches and
methods of one or more of the basic or applied social,
behavioral, or policy sciences, and/or the humanities.
e.g., Include e.g., Exclude
a. All types of research a. Evaluation studies of
(i.e., pure, exploratory, an agency program
basic, applied, develop- that are intended only
mental, evaluative, pol- for use by the sponsor-
icy, etc.) when foreign ing agency.
affairs is the subject
matter.
*In cases of collaborative programs and projects involving two or
more agencies, the agency which actually signs contract or grant
agreements should assume the reporting responsibility.
b. Methodological studies
which use foreign
affairs data, concepts,
or theory to test or
develop methods or
techniques.
c. Studies of the U.S. poli-
cymaking process
when the policy area
includes a foreign or
international di-
mension.
3. Type of Activity
External research encompasses all research pro-
grams, projects, or other activities sponsored by the
U.S. Government but performed by non-Government
employees (in the United States or overseas).
a. Direct contracts and
grants.
b. Interagency transfers
and intergovernmental
loans used to make
contract or grant
awards to nongovern-
mental research per-
formers.
e.g., Exclude
a. In-house research per-
formed solely by U.S.
Government employ-
ees (including tempor-
ary or intermittent-
but not contract-ex-
perts or consultants)
whether in the spon-
soring or recipient
agency.
c. Arrangements for the
external preparation of
data, analyses, studies,
reports, conferences,
symposia, or data and
documentation collec-
tions, services, and
systems that support
researchers.
b. Programs in which the
research is incidental
to accomplishment of
an educational, train-
ing, or cultural ex-
change or similar
objective, such as
grants awarded under
the Fulbright-Hays pro-
gram and the National
Defense Education Act.
c. Activities of agency
personnel involved in
managing or adminis-
tering external re-
search activities.
d. Research supported
solely by private insti-
tutions; state, local, or
foreign government; or
units of the U.S.
Government's legisla-
tive and judicial
branches.
The total amount obligated for a project by a spon-
soring agency (or agencies if jointly funded).
e.g., Include
a. All foreign affairs
research activities
costing $1,000 or
more.
e.g., Exclude
a. Activities costing less
than $1,000 unless the
reporting agency
believes, it important to
share information with
other agencies.
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INCLUDE
1. Oil Production in Saudi Arabia
(an economic activity)
2. Mine Safety Programs in Yugoslavia
(a social activity)
3. Social Rehabilitation Programs for
Drug Addicts in India (a social
activity)
4. Cattle Grazing Techniques in Tribal
Africa (an economic activity)
5. The Organization of High Energy
Physics Research in Israel
(a science affairs activity)
6. Causes?of.Auto Accidents in Warsaw
(a behavioral-technological affair)
7. Soviet Programs for Exploring the
Oceans (a technological-social
activity)
2. Physical Properties of Yugoslav coal
Veins (a strictly natural phonomenon.)
3. Blood Studies of Heroin Addicts
in India (a human physiological
but non-behavioral phenomenon)
1. Oil Geology of Saudi Arabia
(a strictly natural phenomenon)
4. Development of Improved Strains
of.Range Grass for Semi-Arid Regions
(a strictly biological phenomenon)
5. Nuclear Particle Experiments at the
Weizmann Institute (a strictly phy-
sical science phenomenon)
6. The Nature of Vehicle Failures in
Fatal Auto Accidents in Poland (a
strictly technological phenomenon)
7. Soviet Techniques for Deep Water
Drilling (a strictly technological
activity)
8. Sources of Pollutants in the Great 8. Currents in the Great Lakes (a
Lakes (an economic-physical-technological strictly natural though transna-
relationship) tional relationship)
9. Attitudinal Impact of VOA Programming
on East European Listeners (a psycho-
social relationship through technical
media)
9. Electronic Counter-Jamming Techniques
Applicable to Short-Wave Broadcasting
EXCLUDE
_(a strictly technological phenomenon)
10. International Fishing Regimes in the ,10. Fish Ecology of the Bering Strait
North Pacific (a legal-natural relation- (a strictly natural phenomenon).
ship)
11. Health Delivery Systems in Latin America 11. Medical, therapeutic, clinical studies
(a social service activity) in which a social, cultural economic,
or political dimension or setting is
not also under investigation (medically
oriented activities)
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NOTICE OF RESEARCH PROJECT
SUPPORTING 0. GANIZATION OFFICE:
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION MYYR[R%s J:
Contract No:
and/or
Control No:
NIVRwT1GATOR(5): O[PARTMCNT/APiC1ALTT, School or Division
Name and Start Date:
Address: End Date:
Including Annual Funding: FY
Zip Code. Total Cost:
PROJECT BUMNART: Be brief-200 word maximum:
ACTION OFFICER:
TELEPHONE: Area Code: No.
(Include objective, Approach,
Current Plans and/or Progress,
Countries/Regions involved)
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Security Ciauification?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESEARCH SUMMARY
INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT-SUPPORTED RESEARCH RELATED TO FOREIGN
PROJECT'S SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
AFFAIRS, COMPILED FOR THE C/FAR BY THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL RESEARCH
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
2. PROJECT TITLE -
3. DATE INITIATED
4. COMPLETION DATE
5. FUNDING AGENCY/SUBORDINATE UNIT 6. CONTRACT/GRANT NO.
7. OTHER GOVT. SUPPORT
S. AGENCY ACTION OFFICER/PROJECT MONITOR
9. TOTAL COST
10. OBLIGATIONS (Amount committed for current and next fleasl year.)
11. NAME AND COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS OF (check one) 12. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
CONTRACT OR GRANT AWARDED TO: ^ INDIVIDUAL ^ INSTITUTION (check one)
13. SCOPE (Statement of research problem, including approach, subject matter, fields or disciplines to which project b importantly related and
purpose funding agency expects project to serve. Do not repeat title of project. Specific countries and/or regions included in research should be
noted.
*If form is clsssified, It must be signed by authorised parson. Indicate hers date of declassification or exemption from declassification in
accordance with E.o. 12065
INFORMATION ON UNCLASSIFIED PROJECTS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
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Revised 11/78 Security Classification"