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APPROVAL OF BUDGET OF FUNDS FROM THE PRATT ESTATE FOR SPECIFIED
DEPARTMENTS IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND ARTS AND SCIENCES

• The following resolution was adopted:
• RESOLVED by The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that the budget for the expenditure of $853,530 of funds from the Estate of John Lee Pratt as a supplement to appropriations made by the State of Virginia for the School of Medicine and the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics in Arts and Sciences for 1980-81, as suggested by the department chairmen, as recommended by the Special Advisory Committee on Pratt Funds of the Center for Advanced Studies, and as approved by the President and the Finance Committee, be and it is hereby approved.

ARTS AND SCIENCES
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR PRATT BEQUEST
Fiscal Year 1980-81

The Special Advisory Committee of the Center for Advanced Studies has approved the following budget for the Pratt funds of the four departments in Arts and Sciences. The four departments designated in the Will were Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics; and the funds could be used in three categories displayed in the budget, scholarships for outstanding students, supplementation of faculty salaries, and equipment. The annual disbursement of the estate is $678,478 to be divided equally between Arts and Sciences and Medicine; in addition, there is a one time allocation of income accumulated before the disbursement program was established of approximately $750,000 to be equally divided.

           

	Biology	Chemistry	Mathematics	Physics	Total
Student Support:
Graduate and undergraduate	45,700		60,900	30,000	136,600
Faculty Salary
Supplement	2,000	4,000	20,000		26,000
Equipment	58,300	79,700		59,000	197,000
TOTAL	106,000	83,700	80,900	89,000	359,600
Amount previously approved by Board of Visitors:
6/2/79	81,300	171,000	28,700	89,000	370,000
6/2/78	92,400	112,500	82,000	185,700	472,600
6/4/77	174,000	115,150	80,000	150,000	519,150

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR PRATT BEQUEST
Fiscal Year 1980-81

The Special Advisory Committee of the Center for Advanced Studies has approved the following budget for the Pratt funds in the School of Medicine. In accordance with the Will, funds may be used by the School of Medicine for scholarships for medical students and research. The annual disbursement of the estate is $678,478 to be divided equally between Arts and Sciences and Medicine; in addition, there is a one time allocation of income accumulated before the disbursement program was established of approximately $750,000 to be equally divided.

                  

	1980-81	Total
Research:
A Computer Technology Resource for the Medical Center	25,000	25,000
Studies of Insulin Responsiveness of Cultured Fibroblasts from Diabetic Patients	14,580	14,580
Clinical and Neurobiological Research Program	18,000	18,000
Support of Graduate Research Assistants	85,000	85,000
Evaluation of Chronic Gradually Developing Pressure Overloaded Cardiac Hypertrophy	15,000	15,000
Protein Phosphatoses Associated with SER in Normal and Diabetic Liver	13,350	13,350
Temperature Control, 02 Consumption, and Respiratory Control in Preterm Infants. Implications for Apnea of Prematurity and SIDS	16,000	16,000
Development of Clinical Research Design and Analysis Laboratory	7,500	7,500
Support of the Neuroscience Program	50,000	50,000
Nucleic Acid and Protein Sequencing Facility	125,000	125,000
Purchase of Liquid Scintillation Counter	16,900	16,900
Support of a New Research Program and Development of a Core Hematology/Oncology Research Lab	20,000	20,000
Image Analysis System	41,800	41,800
Mass Spectrometer Facility	5,800	5,800
Establishment of a Developmental Biology Program	40,000	40,000
Total	493,930	493,930

      

	Total
Budget Proposal for 1980-81	493,930
Amount Previously approved by the Board of Visitors: June 1979	362,940
June 1978	378,000
Jan 1978	470,761
Oct 1977	150,000