During 1997 the following positions were funded by grants raised externally
by staff members of the institute.
Scientific staff:
20
Technical staff:
1
In addition 13long-term scientific positions were funded by
the resources of the BGI Visiting Scientists' Program (see Sect. 5) which
also supported short-term visits for discussing future projects or presenting
research results (see Sect. 4.6). 10 scientists were funded by personal
grants (stipends).