Jurgen Schmandt is director of The Woodlands Center for Growth Studies, Houston Area Research Center, and a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. Robert Wilson is associate professor at the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.

• Preface -- Project Participants -- Introduction -- California -- Florida -- Massachusetts -- Minnesota -- New York -- North Carolina -- Pennsylvania -- Texas -- Science and Technology Policy: Present Developments and Future Trends