March 1, 1996

RELEASE: N96-14

NASA has released its NASA Science Institutes Plan report, following a six-month period of study by the NASA Science Institutes Team and modifications based on public comments.

The NASA Science Institutes concept began May 19, 1995, when NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin released results of an internal review conducted by the Agency's "Zero Base Review" (ZBR) Team. The ZBR science recommendations included a proposal that science "institutes" be formed at many of NASA's Centers, with goals to strengthen the quality of NASA science, to bind NASA scientists more effectively to the external community, and to increase the effectiveness of the links between the external community and NASA's immense engineering and technical resources.

The report is available to media representatives by calling the NASA Headquarters Newsroom at (202) 358-1600. The general public may obtain a copy by calling (202) 358-2877. In addition to the report, a question and answer fact sheet, a Benchmarks Report, and a NASA Science Institutes Report Forward are available. These documents are available on the internet via anonymous file transfer at: ftp.hq.nasa.gov in the directory pub/oss/inst/, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.hq.nasa.gov. office.oss

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