IBS Overview
The Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) is a research institute within the Graduate School of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Since its establishment in 1957, it has provided a setting for interdisciplinary, collaborative research on problems of societal concern. By engaging faculty from all the social and behavioral sciences at the University, IBS encourages work that transcends disciplinary boundaries, that illuminates the complexity of social behavior and social life, and that has important implications for social policy.
IBS is organized into five research programs, each defined by an interdisciplinary area of research and directed by a senior research scientist. Three programs have centers which specialize in research topics consistent with the broader goals of the Program. Computing and Research Services provides computing and information technology services for IBS research activities.
IBS Director, Jane A. Menken
Five Research Programs and Four Centers with Computing and Research Services Support:
- Environment and Society - Lee Alston, Director
- Natural Hazards Center - Kathleen Tierney, Director
- Health and Society - Richard Jessor, Director
- Political and Economic Change - Edward S. Greenberg, Director
- Population - Richard G. Rogers, Director
- Population Aging Center - Jane A. Menken, Director
- CU Population Center - Richard G. Rogers, Director
- Problem Behavior - Terence P. Thornberry, Director
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - Delbert S. Elliott, Director
- Computing and Research Services - Jani S. Little, Director
Two Graduate Training Certificate Programs:
- Interdepartmental Program in Demography - Andrei Rogers, Director
- Program in Applied Behavioral Science - Edward S. Greenberg, Director
Departments Represented:Anthropology, Economics, Geography, Pediatrics, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology
- Summary of Extra-Mural Support as of November 1, 2007:
- Number of Grants in Force: 53
- Total Amount of Grants in Force: $30,978,559
- Fiscal Year Expenditures:
- 2006-07: $7,699,646
- 2005-06: $6,711,044
- 2004-05: $7,318,317
- 2003-04: $7,477,568
- 2002-03: $9,300,541
- 2001-02: $8,229,032
- 2000-01: $6,656,593
- 1999-00: $5,143,822
- 1998-99: $3,306,801
- 1997-98: $2,996,934
- 1996-97: $3,087,893
- 1995-96: $2,866,302
- 1994-95: $2,946,699
- 1993-94: $2,524,932
Sources of Extra-Mural Support: National Science Foundation; National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging; National Institute on Child Health and Human Development; National Institute of Drug Abuse; National Institute of Mental Health); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Department of the Navy; Department of Justice; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; Department of Education; Office of Population Affairs; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Geological Survey; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Academy of Sciences; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; William T. and Flora Hewlett Foundation; MacArthur Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Fritz Institute; Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Emergency Management; Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service (Colorado); University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
- Personnel Summary:
- Faculty-Rostered: 12
- Faculty Associates: 28
- Research Professor: 1
- Ph.D. Research Associates: 20
- Visiting Research Faculty: 3
- Professional Research Assistants: 15
- Graduate Research Assistants: 24
- Graduate Student Advisees: 4
- Undergraduate Student Assistants: 11
- Classified Staff: 15
- Physical Facilities:
- Buildings: 9
- Assignable Square Feet: 33,500
- Bylaws:
- IBS Bylaws (pdf)
