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appointed by the Minister of Education. The DTVF advises the government on industrial research and promotes recruitment and education of scientific personnel. It allocates funds to support non-governmental research institutes through its affiliated Government Fund for Scientific and Industrial Research (STFV). The DTVF maintains the Technical Information Service.

In 1965 the government established the Science Advisory Council; its main task is to advise the Cabinet ministers and parliament on research policy in all fields. The council comes closest to being a policymaking group. It advises the ministers on the allocation of research funds and assists the Minister of Finance in setting up research budgets. The council has 16 members, who are appointed by the Minister of Education and represent government ministries and agencies, industry, and the universities. The council secretariat, numbering seven full-time professionals, is drawn, however, from the disciplinary research councils that function as granting agencies for academic science. Through the influence of the council, five research councils were set up for the humanities, and the natural, social, medical, and agricultural sciences to replace the single organizations that previously had dispensed funds for academic research.

The new councils were given authority to initiate research. Furthermore, their chairmen meet together as a central commission and are charged with promoting interdisciplinary activities. Each council has about 11 members, with active research workers comprising the majority. The councils handle a small proportion of research expenditures, probably about 10% of the funds going into academic science. Even though this is a small amount, it is believed that the approach involves a means for asserting some influence over the scope and direction of academic sciences. The next steps planned is to transfer the responsibility of administering research fellowships from the university faculties to the councils.

The AEK, located in Copenhagen, is concerned with all matters relating to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It is composed of about 27 members, six of whom form the executive committee. Its most important research facility is the Riso Research Establishment, in Roskilde, on the Riso peninsula. In addition, the AEK has the following responsibilities: 1) coordination of nuclear research at the Institute of Physics of Arhus University, at the Technical University of Denmark, and at the Niels Bohr Institute of Copenhagen University; 2) collaboration with companies interested in nuclear energy applications; and 3) cooperation with foreign and international organizations in the field of nuclear energy.

The Academy of Technical Sciences, an important private organization for scientific research, was founded in 1937 to further scientific research and the application of results to industry and trade. The ATV has about 20 affiliated research institutes and centers, establishes new independent institutes, and functions through numerous committees concerned with specific technological areas. It has about 550 members, of which approximately one-half represent science and one-half represent industry and agriculture. The ATV plays an important role in formulating and implementing science policy. Research and development activities are supported primarily from contract work and scientific services for industry, but also from a special fund established in 1938 and from annual and special contributions from 150 larger Danish companies and banks. The ATV receives approximately one-fifth of its support from the government.

Other private organizations which support and encourage scientific activities are the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen, with a membership of about 130, and several foundations. The Carlsberg Foundation in Copenhagen has a significant influence in fundamental research; independent financial resources enable it to support research in fields not undertaken by the government. It maintains the Carlsberg Laboratory for scientific work in chemistry and physiology and the Biological Institute, both in Copenhagen. The five directors of the foundation are elected by the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. The Rask-Oersted Foundation, established in 1919 under the direction of the Ministry of Education, promotes international scientific cooperation by providing grants to scientists for studies abroad and by establishing and maintaining contacts between Danish and international scientific organizations.

In 1966 the Danish Government established a standing committee to advise parliament on scientific research and to strengthen contacts between legislators and members of the scientific community. This committee has aided in educating members of parliament on the importance of scientific support.

A few industrial organizations maintain their own research facilities; the most important are in the chemical, pharmaceutical, ship propulsion, power development, and food preservation industries. The electronic industry is newly developed and has a number of relatively small industrial units employing a large number of highly qualified technical personnel and performing considerable research and develop-

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