Partial Support of Annual Directory of Student Science Training Programs for High Ability Precollege Students

《高能力大学预科学生科学训练项目指南》为学生、教师、辅导员和家长提供了在美国和国外一些国家学生参与的机会。该指南还帮助国家项目的项目主管，为他们提供必要的国家宣传，接触到他们的预算不允许他们自己接触到的学生。1982年，当美国国家科学基金会停止出版它自己的目录时，《科学服务》开始了这个目录。该目录从第一年的54个目录增加到1989年的612个目录。发行数量从第一年的3.5万册增加到1989年的7.7万册。成本因此大大增加。1986年，科学服务处获拨款6万元，为期三年，以支持该刊物的出版，同时可发展其他持续支持来源。广告被认为是最好的选择，并成功地开始了，目前（1989年）目录的18.9%被付费广告覆盖。广告客户和潜在广告客户表现出的兴趣表明，该名录可能在三到五年内接近盈亏平衡点。因此，要求在三年期间提供9万美元的三年期赠款，部分支助《指南》，同时发展付费广告支助。

The Directory of Student Science Training Programs for High Ability Precollege Students informs students, teachers, counselors, and parents of opportunities for student participation in the United States and in some countries abroad. The Directory also helps program directors of national programs by providing them with needed national publicity, reaching students that their budgets would not permit them to reach on their own. The Directory was started by Science Service in 1982, when the National Science Foundation ceased publishing its own Directory. The Directory has grown from 54 listings the first year to 612 for the 1989 edition. The distribution has grown from a printing 35,000 the first year to 77,000 for the 1989 edition. The costs have thus greatly increased. In 1986, Science Service was awarded a grant of $60,000 over a three- year period in support of the publication while alternative sources of continuing support could be developed. Advertising was chosen as the best possibility and successfully started, with 18.9% of the current (1989) Directory being covered by paid advertising. The interest shown by advertisers and potential advertisers suggests that the Directory could come close to the break-even point in three to five years. A three-year grant of $90,000 over a three-year period is therefore requested in partial support of the Directory while paid advertising support is developed.