But this generous grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will support more than just a scientific study of the region's water quality. It will also allow us to study the issue from a variety of perspectives, which will lead to a better understanding of the environmental culture of the area. This summer, a total of 40 students and professors will be working on the River Basin Research Initiative project. In 1999, the departments of biology, chemistry and EES, with the aid of grants from the National Science Foundation and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, expanded their research into the Enoree River and Saluda River basins.
Science can only delineate the water quality problem.
A social science perspective is also needed to convert the information into a sound management policy. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund was founded in 1940 by the five sons and daughter of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., to combine their philanthropies to better effect.