The need for a new organization within the NAS was felt largely on account of the NAS's relatively small size and inactivity. In response to growing concerns about the lack of American preparedness, internationally-minded members of the NAS tried to generate interest-ultimately with success-in a national organization for the coordination of scientific and technological research and development. Whereas the Academy was founded in 1863 in the midst of the American Civil War, the Research Council was founded in 1916 against the backdrop of the First World War, which had consumed Europe since August 1914 and threatened to involve the United States as well. Like the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Research Council was organized in time of war. History The Organization of the National Research Council Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable.Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.Committee on Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Public Policy.Committee on International Security and Arms Control.
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