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Research at the Smithsonian Institution—Exciting the Learning in Everyone
` James Smithson (1765-1829) bequeathed his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution , an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.” ` 1829: Smithson dies ` 1835: President Jackson announces bequest to Congress ` 1836: Congress accepts the legacy ` 1846: Congress passes the act
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• 769 facilities, 12 million square feet • Land: 19,000 acres • 6,000 staff + 6,500 volunteers • 19 museums (soon to be 20) and the National Zoo • Numerous research centers • 20 libraries • 137 million objects in collections • Located in 8 states, Washington, D.C., Panama, Chile, Belize • Active in nearly 100 countries around the world
(Not including Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory)
Totals Research
` Proposals ` Proposals ◦ 357 submissions ◦ 231 submissions ◦ $91,264,524 ◦ $54,460,252
` Awards ` Awards ◦ 272 awards ◦ 163 awards ◦ $74,910,358 ◦ $42,412,313
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` Anacostia Community ` NASM Udvar-Hazy Museum Center (Virginia) ` Cooper-Hewitt National ` National Museum of Design Museum (New African Art York) ` NNationalational Museum se m ofof ` Freer-Sackler Galleries American History ` Hirshhorn Museum and ` National Museum of the Sculpture Garden American Indian ` National Air and Space ` NMAI Heye Center Museum (New York)
` NMAI Cultural Renwick Gallery Resource Center ` Center for Folklife and (Maryland) Cultural Heritage ` National Portrait Gallery ` SI Scholarly Press ` NtiNational lP Postal tl ` SithiSmithsonian TliTraveling Museum Exhibitions ` National Zoological Park ` Smithsonian American Art Museum and
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Grand Challenges Research Centers, Networks, & Initiatives Fellowships, Internships, & Affiliations Education
` Developed as part of the Institution’s 2010-2015 strategic plan and funded through a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ` Four major focus areas ` Wbhtt//Web: http://www.si i.ed d/u/consortia ti
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` Plan, build, and open the National Museum of African American History and Culture by 2015 ` Strengthen the treatment of American scientific innovation, design, and invention as essential aspects of the American experience—past and future ` Broaden and expand the collection of American stories through family, community, and biographical/individual oral histories and other materials. Create greater access to documentary materials and collections through digitization (cont)
` …of collections and other methods of sharing and through analysis and research of collected materials. ` Create richer physical and virtual collections, exhibitions, and educational material in the American Experience and strengthen partnerships, collaborations and research with African American, Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific communities to tell more complete stories of the American experience and engage broader audiences.
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` After the Return: Digital Repatriation & the Revitalization & Circulation of Indigenous Knowledge ` IndiGEO: Long -Term Monitoring of Cultural & Biological Diversity on Tribal Lands
` Age of Plastics ` Reclaiming the Edge: The Anacostia River, Urban Waterways, and Civic ` EngagementThe Immigration Initiative: EliExploring an dPd Presen ting America’s Cultural History of Migration and Immigration (Americans All; http://americanhistory.si.ed u/americansall/)
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` Expand Smithsonian influence on global museum practices and cultural or species preservation. ` Create new opportunities for content sharing & program enrichment through the creation of international training programs and global partnerships/collaborations in cultural and scientific preservation and heritage. ` Through exhibitions, collections, and research, expand historical and contemporary knowledge of connections and impacts of globalism on America & American perspectives.
` Channel Islands Bio-Cultural Diversity Working Group ` Taíno Legacy Initiative ` Recovering Voices
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` Develop studies of the origin and evolution of the Earth and the Solar System in support of understanding and discovering extra-solar planetary systems. ` Play a leading role in the development and operation of the Giant Magellan Telescope, the next-generation optical/infrared telescope. ` Understand the origin and development of life in the cosmos.
` Quantifying Volcanic Emissions ` Earth Analogs for Large Volume Ash Deposits on Mars ` A New Method for Studying IInterstellarnterstellar Dus stt RetReturne rnedd by NASA’s STARDUST Mission: Searching for the Building Blocks of the Universe
(Image courtesy of NASA’s Johnson Space Center)
Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet
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` Enhance the Smithsonian platform for long-term research on biodiversity and ecosystems, particularly the Smithsonian Global Earth Observatories (SIGEO). ` Design a Marine Global Earth Observatory (Marine GEO). ` Enhance SI’s position as a global leader in species conservation and wildlife sustainability. ` Establish Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) capability institution-wide. ` Develop partnerships with Tribal Nations for long- term biodiversity and cultural observations.
` Developing the Virtual Global Biorepository ` Pacific Island Initiative ` The Development of a Remote EEnnv ironmentalironmental MonitoringMonitoring ObserObserva atortory ` Tropical Vertebrate Diversity Loss and the Emergence of Tick-Borne Diseases ` Next-Generation Sequencing
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` http://www.si.edu/ResearchCenters ` Archives of American Art (http://www.aaa.si.edu/) ` Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)— National Zoo and Front Royal, VA (http:// nati onal zoo.si .ed u/SCBI/) ` Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)— Edgewater, MD (http://serc.si.edu/) ` Marine Station, Fort Pierce, FL (http://www.sms.si.edu/)
` Museum Conservation Institute (MCI), Suitland, MD (http://si.edu/mci/) ` Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO)— Cambridge, MA (http://www. cfa. harvard. edu/sao/) ` Smithsonian Institution Archives (http://siarchives.si.edu/) ` Smithsonian Institution Libraries (http://www.sil.si.edu/) ` Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI)— Panama (http://www.stri.si.edu/index.php)
` Center for Tropical Forest Science (http://www.ctfs.si.edu/) ` Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatories (SIGEO; http://www.sigeo.si.edu/) ` SithiSmithsonian MiMarine SiScience NtNetwork k (http://www.si.edu/marinescience/) ` Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/ceps/?hp=m) ` Arctic Studies Center (http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/index.html)
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` The Smithsonian offers research and study appointments to visiting scientists, scholars, and students. ` Appointees are provided access to the Institution’s facilities, staff specialties, and reference resources. ` 272 academic appointees in residence (visiting scientists, scholars, and fellows: not including interns) across the Institution in 2011. ` Website: http://siofg.si.edu/ and http://www.si.edu/interns ` E-mail: [email protected]
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` Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program ` Molecular Evolution Fellowship Program ` Latino Studies Fellowship Program ` Minority Awards Program ` Native American Awards Program ` Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Program ` Short-Term Visitor Program ` Research Associates ` Scholarly Studies Program
` “Smithsonian in Your Neighborhood” ` Currently 169 affiliated museums and organizations (40 states, Puerto Rico, Panama) ` WWebeb: https://affiliations.si.edu/MainPage.Asp
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` Resources for educators, families, and students ` Lesson plans and resources (aligned with state standards) for art & design, science & technology, history & culture, and language arts ` WbWeb: http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/index.html
` Established 1985 by SI and the National Academies ` Mission: To improve learning and teaching of science for all students in the U.S. and throughout the world. ` “Learning Science by Doing Science” ` Resources for school districts, teachers & administrators (professional development, curricular materials), students and parents. ` Web: http://www.nsrconline.org/
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` Michael J. Spires Proposal Development Specialist Office of Sponsored Projects Smithsonian Institution MRC 1205, P. O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 ` Email: [email protected] ` Telephone: (202) 633-7436
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