In 1988 the Institute awarded grants to 44 pri- 
vate liberal arts colleges and historically black insti- 
tutions in an initial round of grants competition. 
Subsequently in 1988 the Institute invited 101 pub- 
lic and private universities (selected on the basis of 
their records in preparing students for medical 
school or for doctorate degrees in biology and re- 
lated disciplines) to submit grant proposals. An ex- 
ternal advisory panel of distinguished academic sci- 
entists evaluated the proposals, and in June 1989, 
grants were awarded to the following 51 institu- 
tions: 
Brown University, R.I. 
Carnegie Mellon University, Pa. 
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 
City College of the City University of New York 
College of William and Mary, Va. 
Colorado State University 
Columbia University, N.Y 
Cornell University, N.Y. 
Dartmouth College, N.H. 
Duke University, N.C. 
Emory University, Ga. 
Indiana University 
The Johns Hopkins University, Md. 
Lehigh University, Pa. 
Louisiana State University 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Miami University, Ohio 
New York University 
Ohio State University 
Pennsylvania State University 
Princeton University, N.J. 
Purdue University, Ind. 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, N.Y 
Rice University, Tex. 
Stanford University, Calif 
Stevens Institute of Technology, N.J. 
Tufts University, Mass. 
University of Arizona 
University of California, Davis 
University of California, Irvine 
University of California, San Diego 
University of California, Santa Cruz 
The University of Chicago, 111. 
University of Colorado 
University of Illinois, Chicago 
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign 
University of Kansas 
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 
University of Missouri, Columbia 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 
University of Pennsylvania 
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras 
University of Southern California 
University of Texas at Austin 
University of Utah 
University of Vermont 
University of Virginia 
University of Washington 
University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Wayne State University, Mich. 
Yale University, Conn. 
PUBUC AND PRECOLLEGE SCIENCE EDUCATION 
Through its grants program, the Institute plans 
also to explore avenues of support for public and 
precoUege science education. A study of high 
school biology education by the Board on Biology 
of the Commission on Life Sciences of the NAS/NRC 
is supported by an Institute grant. The study, di- 
rected by a committee of scientists and educators, is 
focusing on curricula and teaching. Activities in- 
clude a review of past efforts to improve high 
school biology programs and current efforts to im- 
prove precoUege science education through such 
approaches as magnet schools and science high 
schools. A report of the study, with recommenda- 
tions for future action, will be issued in the winter 
of 1990. 
Grants program development planned for 1990 
will be based, in part, on that report and on the re- 
ports of relevant projects under the Undergraduate 
Biological Sciences Education Initiative. 
HEALTH SCIENCES POLICY PROGRAMS 
The Institute also has plans for a program in the 
general area of health sciences policy and bioethics. 
These initiatives may focus on the public under- 
standing of science, the impact of technology on 
society, innovation in research and its assessment, 
and the various roles of the public and private 
sectors in public policy related to science and tech- 
nology. 
In support of these goals, in 1987 the Institute 
awarded a grant to the Institute of Medicine (lOM) 
of the NAS. Over the next several years the grant 
supports the monitoring of advances in the health 
sciences and preparation of annual briefings to 
identify opportunities and needs in research areas 
of special significance. In addition, a special focus 
group (Technological Innovation in Medicine) is ad- 
dressing policy questions concerning technology 
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