United States Naval Institute

Conference expenses:the institute provides for various seminars and meetings throughout its fiscal year on current and historical topics. These meetings offer a concentrated opportunity for the exchange of ideas and discussion of key naval issues among naval professionals andothers.

Special projects:represent various projects undertaken to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

Royalties: represent agreed-upon payments made by the institute to various authors for their respective books. The amount of the royalty is based upon the actual sales of the respective books and any sales of subsidiary rights.