As both the President and Congress this year formally acknowledged the important role of American universities in advancing national competence in world affairs, the Foundation continued its long-term effort to strengthen higher education's international capabilities.

In addition, intensive planning was undertaken for expanded activity in two sectors that have gained new prominence in national policy discussions—China studies, for which the Foundation has made grants since 1955, and research and advanced training to help meet the developing world food crisis.

The Institutional Base

A program of major grants begun last year to help leading universities achieve new levels of quality in international studies was extended to five more institutions: the University of Chicago, $8.5 million; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, $8 million; Yale University, $6.3 million; University of Michigan, $4 million; and Indiana University, $3 million. Earlier grants, totaling $30.4 million, went to Columbia, the University of California, and Harvard.

Chicago will establish a permanent Institute of International Studies to oversee its international programs, initiate experimental cross-departmental research and training, and conduct seminars for government officials. Fifteen new faculty posts will be fully or partially endowed, and a new center will be built to accommodate expanded international programs in law, business, agriculture, politics, and economic and cultural change. At M.I.T., seven new professorships will strengthen programs in international aspects of the humanities and social sciences. Through the research-oriented Center for International Studies, teaching and research will be linked with expanded international activities in science and technology, including cooperative research with foreign institutions. Yale has created a university-wide Concilium on International Studies to allocate funds for research, graduate assistants, internships and postdoctoral