MKUltra Subproject 48

MKUltra Subproject 48 conducted research on human brain functions and behavioral studies from 1955 to 1956. The surviving paperwork shows financial and administrative records. Project 1 funded research on brain functions, with a budget of $47,950.00. Project 2 studied factors affecting behavior, attitudes, and motivation, with a budget of $84,175.00. The total budget request for fiscal year 1955-1956 was $270,583.00, including general administrative costs. Both projects employed neurologists, psychologists, physiologists, anthropologists, and support staff. Research involved technical equipment, supplies, travel for meetings and conferences, and special consultants. A hospital account recorded expenditures of $10,885.77 against receipts of $33,218.76 in November 1955. The paperwork indicates the subproject was under the Weapons Systems Evaluation Division and operated under allotment C-2502-10-001.