[ih] misc questions about 1970s/1980s contracts and funding

[Jeremy C. Reed]

I am trying to understand contracts and funding from around 1970s. early 
1980's such as from National Science Foundation, U.S. Department
of Energy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DoD) ARPA Order, 
IBM fellowships, etc.

1) For NSF, what does "MCS" mean? Maybe it is larger project like 
"Multichannel Seismic"?

2) What do the ending numbers mean for NSF contracts, such as
NSF MCS74-07644-A03 versus NSF MCS74-07644-A04?

3) What does it mean when same funding contract number is used for 
apparently unrelated projects spread out over years?  I seem to find a 
common link of a common PhD/Masters advisor.

4) Why would an ARPA "proposal" have a "DTIC Selected" date 
stamped on it that is many months after work has already been 
going on and even after releases?

5) What does it mean when the same "ARPA Order" number is used with 
different contract or grant numbers? (Like ARPA Order No. 4031 with both
N00039-80-K-0649 and N00039-82-C-0235 which appear to be different 
years too. What does this numbering mean?)

6) Where can I download old NSF proposals, contracts, reports?

7) Where can I download old DoE proposals, contracts, reports?

8) Where can I download old DoD proposals, contracts, reports?
I used to be able to download some via http://www.dtic.mil/

9) Where can I download old ARPA "Order" proposals, contracts, reports?

10) What is an Government "Accession" number and how does it relate to a 
Report Number?

11) Where can I study more about this?

Thanks,

Jeremy C. Reed

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