University Where the Research Dollars Come From committed 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 to research State and Other General University Funds $14,170,000 $13.958.000 $14,833,000 $15,082,000 Federal Government 25,937,000 26,768,000 26,895,000 28,692,000 A process patent is expected to be Foundations, Societies issued soon to tWo UMC faculty members who and Associations 678,000 986,000 769,000 1,163,000 have developed a meane of increasing the Industry 663,000 731 ,000 1,344,000 1,156,000 survival rate of animal sperm cells frozen for Miscellaneous 1,033.000 1.280,000 1.543.000 2,867.000 artificial insemination. Research on the phySiology of ceB preservaNo.n., carried out by Total $42.481.000 $43,723,000 $45.384,000 $48.960.000 C. P. MeriJJan and J. D. -Sikes, I·ed to the new low-temperature process. They believe their efforts wHl helpaolva problamain such diverse areas as frozen blood bankinQ, frozen and Grant and Contract Awards, By Campus frooze-dried food processing and genetic fmprovement of farmanimais. CAMPUSES 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 Many other success stories involving UM researchers could be mentioned. Columbia $19,355,000 $16,215.000 $19.379.000 $19,741,000 They stand as evidence of the University's Kansas City 2,575.000 4,857,000 7,460,000 9,019,000 heavy i,nveet()1ent in research, long identified Rolla 2.714.000 3.788,000 3,378.000 4,276,000 as orHJ'of its major missions. St. Louis 1,201,000 1,289,000 1,579,000 2,213.000 UM Central Admin. 5.211,000 3,531,000 3,523,000 3.901,000 Why research? Direct benefits for many human needs and activities come from Totals $31,056,000 $29,680,000 $35,319,000 $39.150,000 research. Clustered within a university are the trained people, equipment and resources needed to perform research. There are educational derivatives How Each Campus Spent Grant/Contract in research, too. Faculty involvement in research, according to the "Academic Plan for Money During 1973-74 Research," "enables teachers to remain Other Sponsored current in their disciplines, enhances Sponsored Instruction Sponsored Research instruction and provides a vehicle for direction and Dept. Research Programs of students in their search for new knowledge, Dollars % Total Dollars % Total Dollars % Total new technology and new concepts .... " The second draft of that document is circulating Columbia 'Open through the University and, when completed, Medical Center 552,811 3,496,481 2,276,251 Meeting' will outline the direction of UM research All Other 1.960,327 3,648,806 3,243,289 activities in the years ahead. Columbia Totals 2,513,138 67.67 7,145,287 54.0 5,519,540 47.05 Sunday UM annually commits more than $50 million to research - a good indicator of Kansas City 770,170 20.7 1,328,129 10.0 3,632,451 30.97 Prof. Robert Daniel, the importance UM attaches to it. But faced Rolla 131,333 3.58 2,019.908 15.3 744,014 6.34 chairman of UMC's Faculty with the grim realities of tight budgets, the St. Louis 292,083 7.86 287,760 2.2 783,705 6.68 Council, and Paul Spencer, University's research administrators are Central Admin. 7,057 .19 2,449,083 18.5 1,050,475 8.96 president-elect of the Mis­ predicting no more than a 20 percent increase, souri Students Association over the next five years, of dollars available for Totals 3,713,781 100.0 13,230,167 100.0 11,730,185 100.0 (UMC), will join President research. That doesn't even keep pace with Ratchford this Sunday in inflation. Researchers with plans more SPONSORED INSTRUCTION AND DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH includes projects related to degree answering listeners' ques­ ambitious than the 20 per cent barrier would program support; instructional equipment. tions on "Open Meeting," allow must expect to devote more of their SPONSORED RESEARCH includes all research; General Research Support funds; research the University'S live, call-in equipment. ~!1~!-gi~_s.JQ fin~_ (n9.-'?l:!!sJ~:Le ~u'pPQrt for th~ir radio program. proJects. - OTHER SPONSORED PROGRAMS InCludes non-credit training grants; extension projects; student "Open Meeting" will But a less rosy financial future stipends; capitation grants_ be broadcast from 5:30 to should not obscure the present strength and 6 p.m. on UM's FM stations magnitude of a research structure which (KBIA, 91.3, in Columbia; extends into every campus and all disciplines. KCUR, 89.3, in Kansas City; The accompanying tables show trends in KUMR, 88.5, in Rolla; and research dollars and activity over the last few KWMU, 90.7, in 5t. Louis). years. Financial exigency group Listeners are invited to call collect with questions At a recent orientation session for focuses on prevention relating to the University. new curators, Dr. Ardath Emmons, vice The numberis314-882-3601. president for research, highlighted three particularly outstanding aspects of UM's At its last meeting, the Committee for the committee to consider at its next research capabilities: on Financial Exigency Policies discussed meeting." • One of the best computing ways by which imminent financial exigency Jackson Wright, the University's facilities in the Midwest, which undergirds all might be detected and how the occurrence of general counsel, metwiththecommitteetotalk Iowa becomes instructional, research, medical and financial exigency could be avoided. about the relation between the tenure administrative activities; Each campus delegation had regulations and possible financial exigency sixth member • The research reactor, the most compiled papers relating to the matter of policies. of UMA powerful in the world, which prepares eight per preventive planning, and these were reviewed "At the request of the group," by the entire committee. George said, "he also provided a very useful cent of all the medical isotopes in the U.S.; The University of "The four campus documents were summary of suits in various federal courts • The Environmental Trace Iowa has joined the Uni­ different but complementary," Dr. Mel George, related to the question of financial exigency. Su bstances Research Center, in the forefront of versity of Mid-America, environment health protection work, is vice president for academic affairs and These sparked some lively discussion about chairman of the group, said, "and they were bringing the number of internationally recognized. possible procedural questions in dealing with participating institutions to extremely thought-provoking. The St. Louis exigency. In size of income for research six. campus group has agreed to try to prepare a "The group agreed that each purposes, UM is second in the Big Eight and Iowa's president, seventh among combined Big Eight-Big Ten unified version of the four campus statements campus delegation should meet again and prepare some draft statements deal ing with Willard L. Boyd, thereby institutions. becomes a member of such procedural questions - for example, in Emmons commented that one UMA's Board of Trustees, case of financial exigency, what process interesting element of research growth at UM is joining President Ratchford should be used to decide which programs and the medical-biological sciences area on the and the chief executive Conference ind ividuals would be cut? What safeguards for Kansas City campus, showing the vitality and officers of Kansas Univer­ influence of the new School of Medicine there. appeals and hearings should be built into the process?" sity, Kansas State, Nebras­ He also noted increasing support of on crime ka and Iowa State. business and industry for UM research: These drafts, George said, are to be "Because ofthe field links with extension, more discussed atthe committee's next meeting, set A conference on the prevention of for Mar. 11 . businesses and industries are coming in crime and the treatment of offenders is to be contact with the University and becoming held Friday, Mar. 12, at the Chase-Park Plaza familiarwith what UM can doto help solve their Hotel, Kingshighway and Lindell, st. Louis. Midlands problems." Subjects to be discussed include available recommendations made last September in -Margaret Kraeuchi Geneva atthe International Congress on Crime Copies of the spring and Delinquency. The scheduled keynote issue of Midlands, the speaker is Clas Amilon, deputy chief of the literary magazine published United Nations Office of Crime Prevention. by UMC's English depart­ Among the sponsors of the ment, are available from conference, which is to be chaired by Lt. Gov. UMC campus bookstores William C. Phelps, is UMSL's Center for and from the English de­ International Studies. Eugene P. Schwartz, of partment, 231 Arts and UMSL, is program coord inator. Science, UMC. Copies are Registration forms may be obtained priced at 75 cents. from the UMSL Extension Division, J. C. Penney Building, S1. Louis 63121 (phone: 314-453-5961 ). Brock Peters to read Spectrum at UMSL is published every other week during the academic year and monthly during the summer session by Un iversity Information Actor Brock Peters will Services in co-operation with the read selections from the Columbia. Kansas City. Rolla and St. writings of black poets Louis Offices of Public Information Ed itor: Harold V. Cordry. 682-4591 tomorrow night at 8:30 In Campus Page Editors: UMSL's J. C. Penney Aud­ UMC--Anne D. Robinson, 682-6211 UMKC-Phillippa Mezile. 276-1576 Itorium. UMR-5ally White. 341-4259 Among Peters's film UMSL---Jill P. Triplett, 453-5666 credits are Porgy and Bess, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Pawnbroker and the L­ Shaped Room.