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FY18 Operating Budget: $18.2 million

Here's how our budget breaks down:

State Base Funding - Research support; salary support, equipment & facilities, supplies, travel, leverage for external grant funding

University Funding - Administrative salary support, research support, leverage for external grant funding

State & Federal Grants & Industry Contracts - Note: State grants (legislative, agency) cannot be used for overhead/support costs.

Coleraine Lab Support - Permanent University Trust Fund to support a variety of natural resources research projects.