Continued Support of the Duke University Primate Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History

该奖项重申了对杜克大学灵长类中心(DUPC)原猴灵长类动物收藏的支持。原猴的生物学和行为研究一直是灵长类动物学中最活跃和最令人兴奋的领域之一。DUPC拥有世界上最大和最多样化的原猴灵长类动物集合，包括7个现存科中6个具有代表性的物种。大约250种动物包括狐猴(几种类型)、狐猴、懒猴、丛林猴和野狐猴。这些灵长类动物代表着灵长类动物进化的一个主要分支，大约在6000万年前从类人猿分支中分离出来。该中心被认为是马达加斯加境外原猴研究和保护活动的协调中心。作为其研究任务的一部分，DUPC提供现场接触动物的机会，并将组织和血液样本运送给来自不同地方、地区、国家和外国机构的教职员工和学生，供非现场使用。用户被收取的费用根据使用的种类和数量而定。该奖项确保了动物和组织的持续供应，以相对较低的成本供外部研究人员使用。除了参与促进研究外，该中心还针对初中生、高中生和大学生开展各种教育和推广活动，并允许公众观看动物。

This award renews support for maintenance of a collection of prosimian primates housed at the Duke University Primate Center (DUPC). Study of the biology and behavior of Prosimians continues to be of the most active and exciting fields of primatology. The DUPC houses the largest and most diverse collection of prosimian primates in the world, including representative species from 6 of 7 extant families. The approximately 250 animals include lemurs (of several types), sifakas, loris, bushbabys and aye-ayes. These primates represent a major branch of primate evolution that diverged from the anthropoid branch about 60 million years ago. The Center is recognized as the focal point for prosimian research and conservation activities outside Madagascar. As part of its research mission, the DUPC provides on-site access to animals, and ships tissues and blood samples to faculty and students from diverse local, regional, national, and foreign institutions for off-site use. Users are charged a fee scaled to the kind and quantity of usage. This award insures the continued availability of animals and tissues for use by outside researchers at relatively modest cost. In addition to its involvement in enabling research, the Center conducts a variety of education and outreach efforts aimed at middle school, high school and college students, and allows public viewing of the animals.