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iwh would help the foui meinl i univcrsnii m Lty ol Illihuliiiim UnivcisitN M lugon State 1 niversity, and the 1 niversity of Win \n) interrelate th i campus leaching and n irch with ovi thus imj ing the overall quality ol campui instruction and \ and the cap ity foi i*vic< in the international field. [ n jo the l rd l undation made a five ear grant oi $3 >00,000 M- als. Durii the first tin years of its operation, projects tv> ( : .m . b\ the ( itiuin have din tly involved some thre< hundred I u|tN n ibers at the four universiti< about three hundred moi have l> \ indii tlv involved. Member institutions now opcrat* fifty projects \\ locations in twenty-five undercta loped countries. In addior rtimn itself spon rs four projects, two in Brazil and one t. tjie ( h in P ru and Thailand. Member mm lities may i [uest (1) salary guarantees to be used by d irtmen which a ree to the assi uncut overseas of faculty members rants of funds to finance a variety of research and instructional a. | | 2 Durii the initial three-year period of operation, the MUCIA pi, ; m following grants: twenty-nine salary guarantees to enable deiffing ($425,627); orientation for seventeen faculty w nbers goi 5 overs ($115,073); released time for completing rese ports, or new instructional materials for eighteen faculty memb. turnin from oxers, s assignments ($72,000) : six grants for library acqu tion trips abroad ($ 1,122) ; four study grants for evaluating overseas ations ($36,276); thirty-five graduate internships ($255,716); and nine, facultv research grants ($23,897). '

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