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Role of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 

 in Regional and Dual Use Partnerships 



Dr. James Luyten 



Associate Director of Research 



Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 



Woods Hole, MA 02543 



January 22, 1996 



I have the honor to serve as the Associate Director of Research at the Woods Hole 

 Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). We are the largest private, non-profit oceanographic 

 institution in the country and one of the premier marine science, engineering and education 

 centers in the world. 



The Institution's location in the northeast is no accident. It was established here in 1930 on 

 the recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences for the need of an east coast facility 

 with access to coastal and deep oceans as well as to New England colleges and universities. 



The Institution is located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and is the largest single employer 

 on Cape Cod. It is a private institution dedicated to ocean basic research and fundamental 

 engineering, as well as to graduate education. At the present time we employ about 150 Ph.D. 

 level scientists and engineers, including some of the most distinguished investigators in the world. 

 We have an annual budget of $80M. Most research is originated by individual investigators, and 

 fijnded, through their own individual initiative, by federal agencies such as the National Science 

 Foundation and the Office of Naval Research Although the Institution has an historical 

 reputation for work in the deep ocean, about 40% of our support and many of our best scientists, 

 are dedicated to the coastal research so important to regional partnerships. 



Our Institution has benefited from its geographical setting. Within the village of Woods 

 Hole, there are two important federal laboratories, as well as two other academic institutions On 

 a broader scale, we benefit from the proximity to several excellent universities in the greater 

 Rhode Island/Massachusetts region. Further, we have historically benefited from the proximity of 

 two major Navy development centers and from the marine technology industry in nearby towns. 



