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...bill proposed in the House--approved already in a similar version by the Senate--would "threaten Harvard's basic research programs," Parker L. Coddington, director of government relations, said yesterday, adding that the bill's quota would diminish the quality of the total national research effort...
Basic research is a "risky" venture, more suitable to large institutions, because it can take ten years or more before its benefits are realized, Coddington said. Basic research differs from other forms of research because of its emphasis on long term projects, he said...
Since last spring, Coddington and other members of the academic community have discussed with legislators eliminating the basic research quota, part of the bill which seeks to provide funds for small businesses in all forms of research...
Representatives of the Association of American Universities--of which Harvard is a member--criticized the bill before the House Committee on Small Business in September, Coddington said...
Ironically, University officials must now set aside resentment over Reagan's spending and taxation policies, Coddington says, and cling to "one chief hope that the administration program does achieve its ends" in cutting inflation, increasing the Gross National Product, "and building a generally stronger economy, so that there will be money to give to places like Harvard." Yet at the same time, University financial officers will have to use shortfalls in funding from the NSF, the NIH and elsewhere to drum up individual donations. "If we can make a case to private contributors that we have been hurt in enough...