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-63- efforts, work on the major folklife exhibition at the Renwick Gallery, and cooperative planning with the Library of Congress' American Folklife Center and the National Endowments' folklife programs toward the possibility of engaging in a joint fieldwork and publication effort comprehensively documenting surviving American folkways. Only minor increases are planned for the [[underline]]Office of Elementary and Secondary Education[[/underline]] and for the [[underline]]Office of Symposia and Seminars[[/underline]]. Funds for the special program for inventory the Institution's collections are expected to increase from present levels to about $760,000, with the added request presented in the FY 1982 budget. This will allow the Institution to maintain its current schedule for completing the initial inventory work. No additional federal resources are expected to be necessary for the [[underline]]Office of Fellowships and Grants[[/underline]] to administer fellowships and grants and the Special Foreign Currency Program, but increases are projected from trust funds for increasing fellowship stipends. Until FY 1979, the Institution's fellowship offerings were supported principally with appropriated funds, but since then have been supported principally with nonappropriated unrestricted trust funds. This change is a consequence of the Regents' decision to apply trust funds to certain federal services. Approximately sixty full-year fellowship are now offered annually by the Smithsonian for doctoral candidates or recent recipients of the doctorate to receive advanced research training under the guidance of Smithsonian senior acholars. The pre- and postdoctoral fellowships program is widely endorsed by the Smithsonian staff. Progress in increasing the number of fellowship offerings has been slower than expected because periodic increases in the amount of each award have been required as the cost of living risers, and as fellowship programs comparable to the Smithsonian's offerings increase their award amount. The Institution will try to keep abreast of inflation and competitive changes, and some increases will be necessary for stipends and expenses. The [[underline]]Regents' Fellowships[[/underline]] are highly selective awards to scholars of distinction and breadth of intellect to pursue in-residence studies related to Smithsonian research. This year, three scientists in widely divergent fields will spend part or all of a year in residence at the Freer Gallery of Art, Air and Space Museum, and the Museum of History and Technology. The will devote themselves to timely and important topics in their disciplines and are expected to publish major contributions to knowledge as a result, in part, of their Smithsonian work. The interaction with predoctoral, postdoctoral, and fully established colleagues adds significantly to the intellectual climate of the Institution. While not shown in the tables, some minor additional amounts also may be necessary for Regents' Fellows to cover the effects of inflation. The [[underline]] Special Foreign Currency Program[[/underline]], which does not influence the federal salaries and expenses appropriations of the Institution, also is administered by the Office of Fellowships and Grants. Periodic increases of excess foreign currencies may be sought for important and timely projects. One such project has been to establish a reserve fund in Indian rupees for long-term support of the American Institute for Indian Studies (AIIS), a consortium of American universities and museums whose members have sustained research interests in India. In FY 1982,
