FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Boxes, Figures, and Tables -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Introduction to Instrumentation -- 3 Instrumentation and Universities -- 4 Federal Agency and Interagency Programs and Activities -- 5 Overview of Conclusions, Findings, and Recommendations -- Appendixes -- A Biographic Information on Members and Staff of Committee on Advanced Research Instrumentation -- B Charge to the Committee -- C Summary of Institutional Survey Results -- D Summary of Researcher Survey Results -- E Summary of Disciplinary Society Survey Results -- F Summary of National Laboratory Survey Results -- G Selected Bibliography.