Show Institutional Council Holds Meeting in Roosevelt In the face of tightening budgets by granting agencies Utah State University's University's sity's research programs are continuing to receive strong support from government government govern govern- ment and private sources the In In- Council was told Friday at ata a meeting in Roosevelt COUNCIL MEMBERS approved contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts and grants totaling in the monthly session which followed a tour of programs and facilities of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing Education Education Edu Edu- cation operated by with headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters in m Roosevelt While most universities have experienced experienced exper expel a downtrend in their contract and grant support for research we are maintaining a level of between 10 and 11 million dollars a year for our varied research activities Dr R. R Hanson Hansen university provost explained research officials said that since the national average for grants has dropped dropped drop drop- ped in the past three years staying stay stay- ing at as high a level as formerly amounts mounts to an increase in relation to others E. E PAUL Hullinger director of program program program pro pro- gram development in the office of University University Uni Uni- Research said he believes there are two reasons for success in obtaining the grant funds which support support support sup sup- port the research economy and strengthen strength strength- en the graduate program of the sity One of these is that Utah State is recognized recognized re re- cognized nationally for certain areas of strength They include such environment environment- oriented programs as water resources na natural tural resources and upper all air air research had a strong ongoing program in these areas long before ecology became became be be- came the popular term that it is today so we were well prepared to provide the research capability needed when government and private agencies became became became be be- came interested he explained A SECOND reason for continued continued continued contin contin- high level of funding is its success success success suc suc- cess ratio on proposals made for contracts contracts con con- tracts and grants Mr Hullinger pointed pointed point point- ed out He Ice said that whereas the national national na na- ratio of successes last year was one grant from five proposals experience was seven out of eight This year it is one in six nationally and five out of six six- at grant and research requests are associated with good proposals from strong departments well presented he said THE INSTITUTIONAL Council approved ed appointment of Dr C. C Dennis Funk |