RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS / 39 Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Inc., P.O. Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830. Final arrangements for research programs must be jointly approved by the Dean of the Graduate School and Oak Ridge Associated Uni- versities. Interested persons should ask for assistance from Dr. F. E. Dunnam (256 Grinter Hall, 392-4804), who serves as the ORAU counselor at the University of Florida. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION A complete description of the curriculum in public administration is included in the departmental listing for Political Science. QUANTUM THEORY PROJECT (QTP) QTP is the Institute for Theory and Computation in Molecular and Material Sciences with the participation of faculty from the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. The Institute is concerned with graduate education and research in the theory of the electronic structure, spectros- copy, and dynamical processes of molecules and materi- als. This area of research intersects large areas of modern chemistry, physics, molecular biology, and materials sciences, and uses large scale computing as an essential tool for precise numerical solution of complex dynamical equations, for novel graphical display, and for simulation studies. Graduate students in chemistry and physics are eligible for this program and follow a special curriculum. For information contact the Director, Williamson Hall. RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION The Florida Agricultural Experiment Station is respoh- sible for research dealing with all phases of Florida's agricultural production, processing, and marketing. Re- search is also conducted on natural resource topics, human nutrition, veterinary medicine, and environment- related matters. This statewide research program includes activities by departments located on the Gainesville campus as well as on the campuses of Research and Education Centers and Agricultural Research and Educa- tion Centers throughout the state. Close cooperation with numerous Florida agriculturally related agencies and or- ganizations is maintained to provide research support for Florida's broad variety of crops and commodities. The Land-Grant philosophy of research, extension, and teaching is strongly supported and administered by the Vice President for Agricultural Affairs. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, under his leadership, comprises the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, the Cooperative Extension Service, and the College of Agri- culture, each functioning under a dean. Many of the IFAS faculty have joint appointments between areas. Funds for graduate assistants are made available to en- courage graduate training and professional scientific im- provement. Research at the main station is conducted within 20 areas-Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Exten- sion Education, Agronomy, Animal Science, Dairy Sci- ence, Entomology and Nematology, Food and Resource Economics, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Forest Resources and Conservation, 4-H and Other Youth Pro- grams, Fruit Crops, Home Economics, Microbiology and Cell Science, Ornamental Horticulture, Plant Pathology, Poultry Science, Soil Science, Statistics, Vegetable Crops, and Veterinary Medicine. In addition to the above, there are additional units vital to research programs, namely, Editorial, Facilities Operations, Planning and Business Affairs, Sponsored Programs, Personnel, and Federal Af- fairs. The locations of the major Research and Education Centers are Belle Glade, Bradenton, Fort Lauderdale, Homestead, Lake Alfred, Quincy, and Sanford. The Agri- cultural Research and Education Centers are located at Monticello, Brooksville, Fort Pierce, Immokalee, Dover, Hastings, Ona, Apopka, Marianna, Live Oak, Leesburg, Vero Beach, and Jay. A Center for Cooperative Agricul- tural Programs (CCAP) in Tallahassee is jointly supported with Florida A&M University. The Florida Agricultural Experiment Station is cooper- ating with the Brooksville Beef Cattle Research Station, Brooksville, a USDA field laboratory, in its beef cattle and pasture production and management programs and with the National Weather Service, Ruskin, in the agricultural weather service for Florida. In addition to the above, research is conducted through the IFAS International Programs Office, the Centers for Natural Resources Programs and for Biomass Energy Systems, the Center for Environmental Toxicology, and the Center for Aquatic Plants. DIVISION OF SPONSORED RESEARCH The Division of Sponsored Research (DSR) has two general functions: (1) the promotion and administration of the sponsored research program and (2) the support of the total research program of the University for maximum benefit to the University and the greatest service to the State of Florida. DSR seeks to stimulate the growth of research and to expand balanced research efforts through- out the University. These activities directly support the graduate program. Policies and procedures of DSR are developed by a Board of Directors working with the Vice President for Research within the administrative policies and proce- dures of the University. The Graduate Council serves as adviser on scientific matters and on issues relating to the graduate program. All research, grant-in-aid, training, or educational serv- ice agreement proposals must have the approval of the Vice President for Research before submission. Subse- quent negotiations of sponsored awards are executed under the Vice President's supervision. DSR's manage- ment of proposal processing and award administration relieves principal investigators and departments of many of the detailed administrative and reporting duties con- nected with sponsored research. DSR also assists re- searchers in finding sponsors for their projects and dis- seminates program information, research policies and regulations, and proposal deadlines throughout the Uni-' versity. The law establishing the Division of Sponsored Re- search enables the use of some recovered indirect cost funds to support innovative research. The DSR Board of Directors has the responsibility for the award of these