RISM Board of Directors

RISM Staff

About RISM

The Research Institute for the Study of Man was founded by Vera D. Rubin and incorporated in 1955 as a non-profit organization for educational and scientific purposes.To implement those goals, RISM has conducted research and training programs, developed an extensive library, supported scholarly exchanges and publications, organized conferences, provided consultation services and stimulated the initiation, development and dissemination of basic knowledge in the behavioral sciences.

Mission Statement

The Research Institute for the Study of Man, in cooperation with recognized scientific and educational institutions and governmental agencies, as well as under its own auspices:

• Initiates and promotes basic and applied research and experimentation in the following fields of science: medicine; public health; psychiatry; anthropology; sociology; social psychology; and demography;
  
  
• Makes free and voluntary grants of funds to scientific and educational institutions and governmental agencies, to students, and to other individuals of recognized merit and professional qualifications by way of research grants, scholarships, fellowships, or otherwise;
  
  
• Makes free and voluntary grants of funds to recognized colleges, universities, and other regularly constituted educational institutions, and assists and/or cooperates with such institutions by providing funds, facilities and/or personnel for the purpose of educating and training students and teachers in the fields of scientific study enumerated above;
  
  
• Disseminates free of charge to the public and to interested governmental agencies, religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and educational institutions, through public, college, and university libraries and otherwise, all experimental data and other materials which may from time to time be published by the Corporation.
  

RISM Board of Directors

RISM Staff