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Show Foundation To Enlarge Expenditure WASHINGTON (OPS) The National Science 'Foundation CNSH is fighting to enact its multi-million dollar program aimed at broadening the base of U.S. scientific education with big grants for smaller but able college? and universities. The NSF has asked Congress for a l!H?5 budget of $488 million iS per cent more than their current expenditures but still $100 million Ies than urged by the administration. The theme of the NSF program is to make it possible to spread the $1 billion in federal aid to colleges over a wider academic spectrum Currently, a dozen leading institutions swallow the lion's share of the Si billion. ALREADY IN effect is a new $0 million traineeship pre; rum. announced last month, niried at speeding the output of students witn advanced de,'r in engineering. en-gineering. Institutions applying for grants w ill br :i!,le to select a total of 1.200 VS. citizens for graduate training Next year's budget pla!,-. n-' lar programs for stud -its mathematics and the physi a! sciences The 1965 budget c; ! for $20 million to a'd 3.0-S5 new students. More Important, however, are plans for $3 to $8 million ore-shot granU for single Institutions, In-stitutions, administered over a three-year period. I Under its science deve'opner.' 'plan, the NSF w.,uld ,;ive such I important grants to 10 or 20 .r stitutions to d-velop stronger programs. j WITH THE funds, the colleges land universities wi'l be able to astern Jie top r.c;en'.f:c talerf for t'-a. h::,g j research, in.ro-duce in.ro-duce ne w ei.i : :c.j ! -i r.rA .b'.i:-i need'-j is, a.j.ment ar.I facili' e-. An - id result w-'i be that Sfu. dtts vno had :;eir hearts set on MIT c.r ( a! Tech will be de l.htcd apply the-r abilities at the improved institution. i |