Published by the MIT News Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

AT&T Funds Programs

$2.3 MILLION 
AT&T Funds Programs 
AT&T announced the award of more than $2.3 million in research grants, 
fellowships and other funds to MIT at a Faculty Club luncheon Monday 
(Nov. 18).

The grants will allow MIT scientists and engineers to engage in new 
scientific research and include some $1.4 million to 100 students for 
support of graduate research programs, fellowships and scholarships in 
the areas of electrical engineering, computer science, chemistry, 
physics, materials science and mechanical engineering.

The awards announced by AT&T Bell Laboratories' Senior Vice President 
Solomon Buchsbaum also include $150,000 for AT&T Special Purpose Grants 
in Science and Engineering and $100,000 for the AT&T New Research Fund 
at MIT.

The Research Fund was established in 1987 in order to provide funds for 
new research projects that couldn't obtain grants from traditional 
resources. The interest earned on the AT&T New Research Fund is used to 
support research projects while the balance is part of a permanent 
endowed fund. Today the program's endowment stands at more than $1 
million.

"MIT's long and strong relationship with AT&T is deeply appreciated," 
said MIT Provost Mark S. Wrighton. "The support provided from AT&T 
extends across many educational and research activities and makes 
possible innovative activities of interest and benefit to the students 
and faculty involved. We are very pleased to work with AT&T to 
contribute to discovery and education."

Paul Fleury, director of the Physical Research Laboratory at Bell Labs, 
said: "The range of interaction and joint programs involving AT&T and 
MIT is beneficial to both institutions. These grants recognize and 
reaffirm what we at AT&T see as a broadening scientific relationship 
with MIT that will perpetuate extraordinary scientific achievement."