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77 at the Smithsonian Institution and to Institution employees for training in universities or at other organizations. An educational program has been established recently which offers minority internships and faculty fellowships. This program is one of the means by which the Smithsonian is attempting to increase the representation of minority groups in its educational and research programs and ultimately in its professional ranks. The immediate goal is to attract minority men and women, with emphasis on people from historically Black colleges. The program offerings are designed to enhance student and faculty scholarship and also create a greater awareness and understanding of Smithsonian opportunities at the students' home colleges. Since its inception in summer 1981, 35 internships and seven faculty fellowships have been awarded. The Office of Fellowships and Grants also administers the [[underlined]]Special Foreign Currency Program[[/underlined]] (SFCP) the central activity of which is a competitive grants program providing support for research for scholars from U.S. institutions, including the Smithsonian, in the excess currency countries. These grants are a major source of funding for American scholarship in a broad range of disciplines from archaeology to zoology. Also, international publications of priority interest to scholars are translated in India and Pakistan using "excess" currencies. In fiscal year 1981. more than 70 projects received Smithsonian support. The last obligations of excess Egyptian pounds were made in FY 1981 and some 15 projects will continue activities in Egypt, for between 1 to 3 years, under multiyear grants. For FY 1984 $4,000,000 equivalent in excess currency has been requested for the grants program. This level is considered optimum for continuing ongoing projects and encouraging new work in the excess currency countries. This amount will also allow for some multiyear funding of continuing projects to provide stability for the planning of long-range (3 to 5 years) programs. The SFCP will continue to request funds in this range for the next five years. The major activity will be in India. Because the excess Indian accounts will be drawn down in the next 5 to 7 years, it is essential that the grants program be funded the the optimum level to take advantage of the time-related opportunity for research in that country. In addition to the grants program, periodic increases of excess currencies have been 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 Institution for Indian Studies (AIIS), a consortium of American universities and museums, whose members have sustained research interests in India. Another special project begun in FY 1982 is funding for the international salvage effort to preserve the ancient urban site at Moenjodaro in Pakistan. These efforts continue to be long-range interests of the Institution and funding will be sought over the next five years to carry them out. In 1984, $4,000,000 equivalent is being requested
