University programmatic services (University of Michigan)

THE GRANT ENABLES UM TO: INCREASE ITS P/FP PROGRAM FOR LDC ADMINISTRATORS AND ACADEMICIANS AND FOR AID AND OTHER TECHNICIANS ASSISTING IN P/FP OVERSEAS; UNDERTAKE P/FP COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN LDCS; DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS P/FP EDUC MATERIALS BASED ON ACTURAL P/FP PROBLEMS IN LDCS; ORGANIZE P/FP INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES AND INCREASE UM"S OVERSEAS P/FP CONSULTING ACTIVITIES. PROJECT FUNDS CORE STAFF SUPPORT (TRAVEL, EQUIPMENT, ETC.) TO PERMIT UM TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, TRAINING; DEVELOP PROPOSALS, PLANS, EVALUATIONS OF PROJECTS. PROJ ALSO FUNDS P/FP RESEARCH AND NON-RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WITH LIMITS ON SPENDING AND TOTAL TIME. THESE PROGRAMMATIC PROJS MAY INCLUDE FERTILITY REGULATION, DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, INTERRELATIONS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, P/FP EVALS, FP EDUC, TRNG AND LDC P/FP INSTITUTIONAL DEVEL. GENERALLY THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE INNOVATIVE AND PROTOTYPICAL. USAID OR AID BUREAU CONTRACTUAL PROJS WITH THE UNIVERSITY ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE CRITERIA OF THE PROGRAMMATIC GRANT. PROJ WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY UM"S CENTER FOR POP PLANNING (CPP). CPP WILL HAVE THE RESOURCES OF UM"S CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY (CRRB) AND UM"S POP STUDIES CENTER (PSC); ALSO P/FP CENTERS FOR CHINA, JAPAN, THE NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, RUSSIA; SOUTH AND SE ASIA. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION OF 6/24/71 RETITLES UNIV PROGRAMMATIC SERVICES AS UNIV SERVICES AGREEMENT. (PD-ABA-803) PROP OF 6/8/76 EXTENDS PROJ 1 YR, SETS 6/30/77 TERMINATION, REDUCES TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING FROM $5 MILLION TO $2.07 MILLION, BUT ADDS $150,000 FOR FINAL YEAR OF FUNDING. RETITLES AS POPULATION PROBLEM SOLVING UNIVERSITY SERVICES AGREEMENT. (PD-ABA-804)