The united states national committee of URSI

The community of radio scientists in the United States participates in URSI through a committee of the Division of Physical Sciences of the National Research Council. The Research Council was organized in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences at the request of President Wilson to enable the broad community of scientists and engineers in the country to associate its efforts with those of the more limited membership of the Academy in service to science and the nation. Members of the Research Council and its committees, boards, and panels are drawn from governmental, academic, industrial, and other institutions and organizations throughout the country. The Research Council is supported by private and public contributions, grants, and contracts, and by voluntary contributions of time and effort by several thousand of the nation's leading scientists and engineers.