Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies (YIBS) serves as a principal focus for Yale University's research and training efforts in the environmental sciences, and is committed to the teaching of environmental studies to future generations. It provides physical and intellectual centers for research and education that address fundamental questions that will inform the ability to generate solutions to the biosphere's most critical environmental solutions. The Institute was created in May, 1990 with an endowment from Mr. Edward P. Bass.