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Rowboat"Seventeen biologists and a rowboat" launch the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole - following the dictum of Louis Agassiz to "study nature, not books."

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The Marine Biological Laboratory's annual operating budget is approximately $30 million. Fifty-percent of the budget is supported by peer-reviewed research grants awarded to MBL scientists by the federal government. The Laboratory receives an additional $7 million annually in private gifts and grants awarded in support of our research and educational programs. The MBL's endowment is currently $45 million.
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