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-105- [[underlined]]Scholarly Projects[[/underlined]] (Continued) $25,000 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (E. M. Goposchkin) A study of the natural processes which effect the movement of the earth (plate tectonics), especially in terms of gravitational pull. $35,318 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Gene Montgomery and Terry L. Erwin) Collection and identification from previously little known arthropod communities and discovery of effects of black- and white-water inundation of the communities. $61,080 National Museum of Natural History (Walter Adey) Comparative study of reef structural development and organic productivity in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Maine. $19,150 National Zoological Park (Richard Montali) Purchase of a research light microscope for use in conducting needed investigations of infectious diseases affecting animals at the National Zoological Park. $40,000 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Refit SAO balloon-bourne telescope with new broadband photometer that will detect and measure far-infrared emissions of celestial objects. $15,600 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Ira Rubinoff) Provide short-term fellowships in tropical biology for advanced North American and European students at the Tropical Research Institute. $21,769 National Museum of Natural History (William Fitzhugh) Interdisciplinary archeological project in northern Labrador. $6,028 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Peter W. Glynn) A study of environmental factors which effect the growth of coral reefs in tropical climates. $34,236 Unallocated ---------- $1,000,000