During the 2006/2007 academic year, CIMS was supported through a generous $30K grant from the Office of the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences.
From 2007/2008 through 2009/2010, CIMS is supported by a combination of sources:
| Vice President for Research, CSU | $70K |
| Office of the Dean, College of Natural Sciences | $70K |
| Department of Mathematics | $13K |
| Donald Estep | $43K |
| Karolin Luger | $20K |