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Over the history of the units that now make up the College, our faculty has included three members of the National Academy of Sciences and one of the National Academy of Engineering. Several faculty have received international fellowships and awards, and many sit on councils and committees of the National Academy of Sciences and other national and international bodies, and have served as program managers at the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Examples of the success of the graduate program are the productivity of the School of Oceanography (from 1958 to 1980 the University was the second most productive institution in the country in the number of Ph.D.s graduated who are now working in oceanography), the enrollment decisions of the Secretary of the Navy Fellowship awardees (10 of the first 20 Fellows chose to enroll in the School of Oceanography), and the large number of Knauss Sea Grant Fellowships awarded to students in the College.
In terms of support, we have consistently ranked in the top three marine sciences institutions in the United States in total research funding, and our proposal success rate is high. During the late 1980s our research budget averaged $40 million per year. At the University of Washington, which currently ranks third in the country in total funding from external sources, the College ranks third in research funding, behind the health sciences and arts and sciences.
We have developed strong interactions with other institutions. We have many affiliate faculty from local NOAA and other institutions in Seattle, and we have an ongoing affiliate professor program with the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The International Pacific Halibut Commission, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory of NOAA, and the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Department. The Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit was established in the School of Fisheries in 1966 and expanded to a Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit in 1988. Cooperating agencies are the Washington State Departments of Fish and Wildlife, Ecology, and Natural Resources; the US Fish and Wildlife Service; and the University of Washington.
In 1977, the "Joint Institute for Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean" (JISAO) was established between the Environmental Research Laboratories (ERL) of NOAA and the University of Washington. The purposes of JISAO are to (1) increase the effectiveness of oceanographic and atmospheric research of mutual interest to the ERL (in particular, but not limited to, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) and the relevant units of the University by promoting close multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists associated with these two institutions and visiting scientists; (2) provide a center at which scientists working on problems of mutual interest may come together; and (3) stimulate the training of scientists in the many disciplines involved in the oceanographic and atmospheric sciences. The School of Oceanography and Department of Atmospheric Sciences participate in JISAO with the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory through appointment of senior fellows and visitors.
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