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in effect in listing the projects for the next
meeting.
The Committee concurred in the action of the
Research Committee of the Division in their approval
of the list of projects and they were of the opinion
that the proposals declined were turned down in
accordance with general policies of the Division
of Biology and Medicine of the Atomic Energy Commission.
Consultants
Dr. Warren advised the Committee that upon
their suggestion made at the meeting held in
January, consultants should be selected geographically from throughout the United States, three
additional consultants had
been selected from the
southeastern area and were in the process of being
cleared and appointed, namely:
Dr. Douglas H. Sprunt, University of Tennessee
Dr. Wiley D, Forbus, Duke University
Dr. Russell L, Holman, Louisiana state University school of Medicine,
Overhead as
related to
research
projects
The Deputy Director presented the broad problem
of overhead on research projects for the considera
tion of the Committee and regnested their muidance
and advice.
He stated that the Division nad tried
to follow a principle of 8% of the entire contract
to cover cost of overhead on lump-sum contracts
for basic research,
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