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YIBS Five Year Report

SUMMARY OF YIBS RESOURCE ALLOCATION
FOR FIRST FIVE YEARS
(For years 1991 through 1995/6)

 

PROGRAM AREAS     FUNDING LEVEL

1. Research Centers     $1,733,170

Center for Biological Transformation - support for 6 graduate students; 6 postdoctoral fellows; 1 lab assistant; equipment; symposia; travel; and supplies.
 
Center for Computational Ecology - support for 1 Program Analyst; 2 postdoctoral fellows; 2 graduate students; 1 undergraduate; 1 research assistant; partial salary for a laboratory manager; Hewlett Packard workstations, and a silicon graphics workstation.
 
Center for Earth Observation - support for 14 Silicon Graphics workstations; 1 Research Support Specialist; 9 undergraduate student assistants for summer work; computer software; development of course materials and publications.
 
Center for ECOSAVE - support for 1 undergraduate student assistant for summer work; computer hardware; travel; and supplies.
 
Center for Human Ecology, Environment and Infectious Disease - support for 7 graduate students; 1 Program Manager; 1 summer internship; international conference; and travel.
 
Center for Global Change - support for seminar series.
 
Center for Molecular Ecology and Systematics - training in molecular techniques.

 

2. Education     $616,253

Hitachi Internship Program - summer research support for 33 undergraduate students in Organismal Biology and 23 undergraduate students in Studies in the Environment.
 
Studies in the Environment Summer Internship Grant for Rising Seniors - support for 5 undergraduate summer thesis research projects for Studies in the Environment.
 
Hutchinson Prize - stipend support for 84 graduate students from the Departments of Biology, Anthropology, Geology & Geophysics, and the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
 
Administrative Assistance - support for 50% effort.

 

3. Program Supplement (non-recurring     $80,000

Funding utilized to set up laboratory for the new faculty member in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.

 

4. Faculty (includes salary and fringe benefits)     $770,932

Director of Undergraduate Studies for Studies in the Environment
Oceanographer in the Department of Geology and Geophysics
Director of the Peabody Museum

 

5. Administrative Costs    

A. Staff (includes salary and fringe benefits)   $747,015

Development Director
Assistant Development Director
Administrator
Administrative Assistant (50% effort)

 

B. Operations   $246,328

Support includes funds for computer equipment, Yale in the Environment Forum, EcoRealism Conference, EAB meetings; travel; and publications (Newsletter, Theoretical Biology Brochure, Molecular Evolution Brochure).

 

Total     $4,193,698

 

   
YALE INSTITUTE FOR BIOSPHERIC STUDIES
Oswald Schmitz, Director
Rose Rita Riccitelli, Assistant Director
LaToya Sealy, Sr. Administrative Assistant
Environmental Science Center, Room 132
21 Sachem St., P.O. Box 208105
New Haven, CT 06520-8105
Phone: (203) 432-9856 ยท Fax: (203) 432-9927