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TIMOTHY JOHNSON: [Where] do the researchersof tomorrow come from today?

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Are we developing adequately, in this country,a research program that will be in place 20

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years from now, as well as next year?

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We hear criticism, for example, that we havebeen, by decreasing funds and in other ways,

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slowly dismantling our research establishmentto the point that in 20 years we may be facing

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some disasters.

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What kinds of plans are being made for thefuture?

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DONALD S. FREDRICKSON: Well, we're holdingat about steady in size.

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I don't think it's shrinking, but it's notgrowing very much.

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Research is costly; inflation is somethingwe just manage to keep up with.

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Each year, the National Institutes of Healthare the major trainers of a large number of

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people--young people--some of them lookingfor the PhD degree, some in the medical degree,

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and some not for doctorate degrees but forother roles to play.

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So the federal government is taking a veryactive role in helping in meeting costs of

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training, and we're keeping up.

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But it's not an easy thing, because researchis getting more difficult.

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It's a full-time career, and you've got tobe sure that when you embark upon it you will

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have adequate support and opportunity to makethat your whole lifetime once you start.