Administration

Annual Report 2021


GSO’s Endowment

The endowment was valued at $3.7 million at the end of fiscal year 2021. It generates annual income that provides funding for graduate student scholarship awards, the Charles and Marie Fish Lecture Series, and initiatives at the dean’s discretion.

Hybrid Classroom

Available space on the third floor of the Ocean Science and Exploration Center was converted into a state-of-the-art hybrid classroom. The need for a new type of teaching environment was identified during planning for resumption of on-campus instruction in fall 2021, following the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $190,000 project—to reconfigure space, acquire furnishings and install AV equipment—enabled simultaneous in-person and virtual teaching and was funded by the URI Provost’s Office.

Utilization in fall 2021… • Eight courses / • Seven instructors / • 199 students

Funded Research

Total amounts received, by funder, during fiscal year 2021:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$19,816,823
National Science Foundation$11,925,986
U.S. Agency for International Development$7,394,580
Department of Defense$2,551,767
University Sub-Awards$1,980,207
Nonprofit Organizations$1,670,109
State of Rhode Island$871,063
Other Federal Agencies$851,804
National Institutes of Health$817,133
Private Sector$686,102
Miscellaneous$529,145
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$292,317
Department of the Interior$173,067
Department of Agriculture$33,720