STEIN ROE MUTUAL FUNDS --------- Sensible Risks. Intelligent Investments. [service mark] July 31, 1998 BY EDGAR Attention: Filing Desk Investment Management Division Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20459 Re: Stein Roe Institutional Trust File Nos. 333-13331 and 811-07823 Gentlemen: Request for Withdrawal Pursuant to Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, we would like to withdraw post-effective amendment No. 6 to the registration statement on Form N-1A of Stein Roe Institutional Trust. The events necessitating the amendment are no longer applicable. Please withdraw accession number 0000809558-98-000009, form type 485APOS, filed June 12, 1998. Please call me at (312) 368-7845 or Cameron S. Avery at (312) 807- 4302 if you have any questions. Sincerely, STEIN ROE INSTITUTIONAL TRUST HEIDI J. WALTER Heidi J. Walter Vice-President and Secretary HJW/ndp Stein Roe Mutual Funds One South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-4685 312.368.7700 ----------- Liberty Financial Investments, Inc., Distributor