ABSTRACT
The statistical information was supplemented with unsolicited comments from scientists that illuminate more clearly how extraorganizational influences are related to problem choice. Examination of the extraorganizational linkages of university and government scientists indicates that government scientists tend to receive few grants or contracts. Both "commercial" research grants and "outside work" were the subject of a report of the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy in 1927. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) also appear to be important sources of grants for public agricultural scientists. Commodity associations accounted for much consulting in horticulture, while nutritionists consulted equally for NIH and private corporations. NSF and NIH grant recipients tend to weight only three items more highly than their colleagues: the contribution to scientific theory, enjoyment, and scientific curiosity. State governments provide large numbers of grants and contracts, as well as substantial numbers of consultancies, to agricultural scientists.
