1. To Promote and fund basic and cutting edge clinical and medical research in futherance of the science of probiotics, conducted primarily at colleges, universities, hospitals, medical centers and major laboratories throughout the United States.2. To improve public health generally through education about probiotics and its multiple health benefits.3. To provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and clinical research studies and reports in futherance of the science of probiotics, and to maintain an extensive library of research papers, reports, books, articles, periodicals and other educational materials on all aspects of probiotics, to which both scientists and the general public shall have access.4. To encourage and support the development of high standards of training and practice for therapists, consultants and other practitioners in the field of probiotics, and to develop and administer a national certification program for the recognition and maintenance of competence in probioti