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Funding to support the Research Training Program is provided predominantly by grants awarded from within, and outside, the Institution but also donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations.

Approximately 70% of RTP support comes from external sources and about 30% from within the Smithsonian including various offices, units, and granting organizations.

1988  |  1989  |  1990  |  1991  |  1992   |  1993  |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997   |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001  |  2002 |  2003   |  2004 |  2005  |  2006 |  2007

1980 - 1987
   No financial support available
       
Amount
Requested
Amount
Received
SOURCE
1988
      
 
$118,875
- 0 -
 National Science Foundation - REU
 
$5,000
$5,000
Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Grants
 
$5,000
$5,000
Smithsonian Office of the Secretary of Science
 
$5,000
$5,000
Smithsonian Educational Outreach Fund
 
$4,000
$4,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$1,000
$1,000
NMNH Department of Botany
 
$138,875
$20,000
TOTAL (Average per participant: $1,000)
     
1989
      
 
$43,000
$43,000
Smithsonian Educational Outreach Fund
 
$3,000
$3,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$400
$400
NMNH Department of Botany
 
$46,400
$46,400
TOTAL (Average per participant: $2,250)
     
1990
      
 
$30,000
$30,000
Smithsonian Educational Outreach Fund
 
$4,500
$4,500
NMNH Director's Office
 
$456
$456
NMNH Department of Botany
 
$34,956
$34,956
TOTAL (Average per participant: $2,250)
     
1991
      
 
$224,100
- 0 -
 National Science Foundation - REU
 
$56,652
$25,000
Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$12,000
$11,000
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$4,500
$4,500
NMNH Director's Office
 
$3,000
$3,000
NOAA
 
$3,000
$3,000
Smithsonian Office of Fellowships and Grants
 
$610
$610
NMNH Department of Botany
   
$477
Anonymous Donation
 
$303,862
$47,587
TOTAL (Average per participant: $2,250)
     
1992
      
 
$131,875
$50,000
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$50,000
- 0 -
 Aarco Corporation
 
$48,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$33,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian Women's Committee (Kress)
 
$19,500
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$6,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Biological Diversity of Latin America
 
$4,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems
 
$3,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems
 
$3,000
$742
Gesneriad Society International
 
$2,697
$691
NMNH Department of Botany
 
$140
- 0 -
 NMNH Department of Vertebrate Zoology
 
$301,212
$69,433
TOTAL (Average per participant: $2,500)
     
1993
      
 
$683,873
$50,000
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$25,000
$25,000
Pew Charitable Trusts
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$17,000
$17,000
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$13,000
$13,000
Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$8,000
$8,000
NMNH Arctic Studies Program
 
$2,697
- 0 -
 NMNH Department of Botany
 
$767,570
$131,000
TOTAL (Average per participant: $3,000)
     
1994
      
 
$50,000
$50,000
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$25,000
$25,000
Pew Charitable Trusts
 
$25,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Research Initiatives
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$16,100
$16,100
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$13,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$147,100
$109,100
TOTAL (Average per participant: $3,000)
     
1995
      
 
$50,000
$50,000
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$30,000
$12,000
Smithsonian Research Initiatives
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$16,100
$16,100
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$14,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$18,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian Educational Outreach
 
$4,000
$4,000
Motorola Corporation
 
$10,000
$5,000
Herbert R. Axelrod Foundation, T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
 
$160,100
$105,100
TOTAL (Per student cost $3,879)
     
1996
      
 
$470,189
$50,000
National Science Foundation -REU
 
$12,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Research Initiatives
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$16,100
$16,100
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$16,900
$8,450
Smithsonian James Smithson Society
 
$4,000
- 0 -
 NMNH Latino Task Force
 
$4,000
$4,000
Motorola Corporation
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 Herbert R. Axelrod Foundation, T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 Summit of the Americans
 
$40,000
- 0 -
 NEETF
 
$100,000
- 0 -
 Innovations in American Government
 
$1,250
$1,250
NMNH Arctic Studies Program
 
$1,250
$1,250
Dinosaur Society
 
$600
$600
NMNH Department of Botany
 
$5,000
$5,000
TWA barter tickets
 
$714,289
$104,650
TOTAL (Per student cost $3,350)
     
1997
      
 
$50,000
$50,000
National Science Foundation -REU
 
$500,000
- 0 -
 National Science Foundation - RAIRE
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$16,100
$16,100
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$10,000
- 0 -
 Motorola Corporation
 
$10,000
$5,000
Herbert R. Axelrod Foundation - T.F.H. Publications, Inc.
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 Summit of the Americans
 
$100,000
- 0 -
 Innovations in American Government
 
$1,250
- 0 -
 NMNH Arctic Studies Program
 
$6,000
$6,000
TWA barter tickets
 
$30,000
- 0 -
 The Starr Foundation
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 Naomi & Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 The Covington and Burling Foundation
 
$10,000
- 0 -
 The Crown Books Foundation
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 The Dart Group Corporation
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 The Hechinger Foundation
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 Educational Credit Management Corporation
 
$811,350
$95,100
TOTAL (Per student cost $3,148)
     
1998
      
 
$72,462
$50,000
National Science Foundation - REU Bio
 
$20,000
$20,000
National Science Foundation - ,REU Geo
 
$60,379
$60,379
National Science Foundation - (LS)AMP
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 Summit of the American
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$17,600
$17,600
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 Smithsonian Latino Initatives Fund
 
$5,000
- 0 -
 The Herbet R. Axelrod Foundation
 
$5,359
$5,359
National Science Foundation - PEET
 
$3,531
$3,531
TWA barter tickets
 
$2,710
$2,710
NMNH Guianas Program
 
$2,600
$2,600
Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Program
 
$1,500
$1,500
NMNH ADRC Office (Sangrey)
 
$1,100
$1,100
NMNH Department fo Entomology
 
$235,241
$182,779
TOTAL (Per student cost $4,546)
     
1999
      
 
$78,750
$76,200
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$60,379
$60,379
National Science Foundation - (LS)AMP
 
$18,000
$18,000
NMNH Director's Office
 
$5,000
$3,000
NMNH ADRC Office
 
$21,600
$21,600
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$10,000
- 0 -
 Anonymous donor
 
$193,729
$179,179
TOTAL
     
2000
      
 
$78,750
$76,200
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$7,100
$7,100
 National Science Foundation - LSAMP
 
$18,000
$18,000
 NMNH Director's Office
 
$18,800
$18,800
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$6,700
$6,700
NMNH Biological Diversity of the Guianas
 
$5,000
$3,000
NMNH ADRC Office
 
$5,000
$5,000
 Discovery Communications
 
$6,200
$3,750
 World Wildlife Fund
 
$6,200
$6,200
 NASA
 
$4,000
- 0 -
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
 
$155,750
$144,750
TOTAL (Per student cost $5,700)
     
2001
     
 
$78,750
$76,200
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$1,311
$1,311
 National Science Foundation - REU Ethics Supplement
 
$20,000
- 0 -
Park Foundation
 
$18,000
$3,500
 NMNH Director's Office
 
$18,800
$18,800
Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$30,000
$20,000
NMNH ADRC Office
 
$4,778
$4,778
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
 
$171,639
$124,589
TOTAL (Per student cost $5,800)
     
2002
      
 
$78,750
$76,200
National Science Foundation - REU
 
$21,350
$21,350
 National Science Foundation - RET
 
$19,200
$19,200
 Smithsonian Women's Committee
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 The McGowan Foundation
 
$20,000
- 0 -
 The Commonweal Foundation
 
$30,000
$30,000
 NMNH ADRC Office
 
$18,000
$3,000
 NMNH Director's Office
 
$4,800
*
 Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
 
$200,000
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
 
$125,000
*
 Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
   
$149,750
 TOTAL (Per student cost $6,000) * Endowment payouts were deferred
     
2003
      
 
$78,973
$78,973
 National Science Foundation - REU
 
$37,380
$37,380
 National Science Foundation - RET/RAMHSS/ROA
$15,000
$15,000
 Notre Dame Partnership
 
$37,090
$37,090
 ARC Federal Allocation
 
$3,000
$3,000
 ARC Trust Allocation
 
$4,949
$4,949
 Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
 
$10,518
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
 
$9,961
$9,961
 Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
$1,254
$1,250
 Academic Services Discretionary Fund
$198,125
$187,603
 TOTAL (Per student cost $7,900) * Endowment payouts were deferred
2004
      
 
$78,973
National Science Foundation - REU
 
National Science Foundation - HBCU/RET/RAMHSS
$15,000
Notre Dame Partnership
 
$40,000
ARC Federal Allocation
 
$3,000
ARC Trust Allocation
 
$4,936
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
 
$11,026
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
 
$9,961
Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
$4
Academic Services Discretionary Fund
$162,900
TOTAL (Per student cost $8,200) * Endowment payouts were deferred
2005
      
   
 
   
 
 
Notre Dame Partnership
   
ARC Federal Allocation
   
ARC Trust Allocation
   
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
   
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
   
Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
 
Academic Services Discretionary Fund
 
TOTAL
2006
      
   
 
   
 
 
Notre Dame Partnership
   
ARC Federal Allocation
   
ARC Trust Allocation
   
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
   
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
   
Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
 
Academic Services Discretionary Fund
 
TOTAL
2007
      
   
 
   
 
 
Notre Dame Partnership
   
ARC Federal Allocation
   
ARC Trust Allocation
   
Alice Eve Kennington Endowment
   
*
 Jean and Bill Lane Internship Endowment
   
Smithsonian Women's Committee Endowment
 
Academic Services Discretionary Fund
   
TOTAL
       

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