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␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α∃␈↓	CENTER FOR COMPUTER RESEARCH IN MUSIC AND ACOUSTICS
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓	␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α,␈↓Department of Music
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α5Stanford University
␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α⊂January 6, 1975

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?Current Status of Funding for Center

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓The␈α⊂plan␈α⊂for␈α⊂funding␈α⊃the␈α⊂center␈α⊂has␈α⊂been␈α⊃worked␈α⊂out␈α⊂with␈α⊂the␈α⊃National␈α⊂Science
␈↓ α∧␈↓Foundation␈α
(NSF)␈α
and␈αwith␈α
the␈α
National␈αEndowment␈α
for␈α
the␈αArts␈α
(NEA)␈α
as␈α
a␈αfirst-
␈↓ α∧␈↓time␈α∞joint␈α∞funding␈α∞venture␈α∞which␈α∞reflects␈α∞the␈α∞cross-disciplinary␈α∞research␈α∞interests␈α∞of
␈↓ α∧␈↓the␈α∞Center.␈α
 We␈α∞have␈α
asked␈α∞NSF␈α
to␈α∞support␈α
the␈α∞research␈α
personnel␈α∞for␈α
the␈α∞first␈α
24
␈↓ α∧␈↓months␈αand␈α
NEA␈αto␈α
provide␈αfunds␈α
for␈αthe␈α
computing␈αequipment␈α
as␈αa␈α
one-time␈αcost.
␈↓ α∧␈↓Mr.␈αWalter␈αAnderson,␈αMusic␈α Program␈αDirector␈αof␈αNEA,␈αindicated␈αthat␈αtheir␈αsupport
␈↓ α∧␈↓would␈α∞depend␈α∞upon␈α∞Stanford␈α∞University␈α∞being␈α
able␈α∞to␈α∞locate␈α∞1/2␈α∞the␈α∞required␈α
costs
␈↓ α∧␈↓for␈α∞the␈α∞equipment,␈α∞which␈α∞would␈α∂then␈α∞be␈α∞matched␈α∞by␈α∞NEA␈α∞through␈α∂their␈α∞Treasury
␈↓ α∧␈↓Fund Program.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓The current state of the three parts is as follows:

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓	NSF:␈↓ requested $321,000 for personnel

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtAt␈αthe␈αpresent␈α
time␈αwe␈αhave␈αa␈α
commitment␈αfrom␈αNSF␈α
for␈α$255,000,
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtwhich␈α∞is␈α∞short␈α
of␈α∞our␈α∞needs␈α
for␈α∞personnel␈α∞by␈α
$66,000.␈α∞ We␈α∞plan␈α
to
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtmake␈α→up␈α_this␈α→difference␈α→through␈α_support␈α→from␈α→another␈α_NSF
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtprogram␈α
or␈αthrough␈α
non-government␈α
funds.␈α The␈α
grant␈α
from␈αNSF␈α
is
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtcontingent upon the NEA matching grant for the equipment.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓	NEA:␈↓ requested $125,000 for computing equipment

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtA␈α
recent␈αmeeting␈α
of␈αNSF␈α
and␈α
NEA␈αrepresentatives␈α
indicates␈αthat␈α
the
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtrequest␈α
from␈α
NEA␈αis␈α
`hopeful'␈α
and␈α
a␈αdecision␈α
should␈α
be␈αmade␈α
before
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtFebruary, 1975.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓	Stanford:␈↓ requested $125,000 for computing equipment

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtStanford␈α∀has␈α∀so␈α∀far␈α∀been␈α∀unable␈α∀to␈α∀locate␈α∀the␈α∀matching␈α∀funds
␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αtrequired by NEA.

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓␈α?␈α?␈α?␈α?␈αNature and purpose of computing equipment:

␈↓"∧␈↓ α∧␈↓The␈α∂proposed␈α∂equipment␈α∂consists␈α∂of␈α∞a␈α∂general␈α∂computing␈α∂system␈α∂optimized␈α∂for␈α∞the
␈↓ α∧␈↓purposes␈α⊃of␈α∩research␈α⊃in␈α∩acoustics␈α⊃and␈α⊃composition.␈α∩ The␈α⊃system␈α∩will␈α⊃be␈α∩the␈α⊃most
␈↓ α∧␈↓advanced␈α∞in␈α
the␈α∞world␈α
and␈α∞fully␈α
capable␈α∞of␈α
supporting␈α∞the␈α
work␈α∞of␈α
students␈α∞in␈α
the
␈↓ α∧␈↓university␈αas␈αwell␈αas␈αguests␈αof␈αinternational␈αreputation,␈αsuch␈αas␈αPierre␈αBoulez,␈αGyorgy
␈↓ α∧␈↓Ligeti,␈αand␈αLuciano␈αBerio,␈α
all␈αof␈αwhom␈αhave␈αindicated␈α
interest␈αin␈αworking␈αat␈α
such␈αa
␈↓ α∧␈↓facility.