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[[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
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