search by providing financial aid 

 through general research funds, fel- 

 lowships and grants-in-aid; (1?) to 

 coordinate research in progress and 

 to initiate new work considered essen- 

 tial; (c) to establish necessary liaison 

 to secure a free exchange of medical 

 information. 



Financial Aid 



a. General research funds 



On application, a block grant may 

 be made to a medical school for gen- 

 eral use over a period of 1 to 10 vears 

 for the promotion of research pro- 

 vided the institution can present evi- 

 dence that it can efficiently utilize 

 for scientific research the funds re- 

 quested, and that it is prepared to 

 give a reasonable accounting of the 

 expenditure of funds received. The 

 institution is to have a research com- 

 mittee, drawn preferablv from the 

 executive faculty and active investi- 

 gators, which is to be informed on 

 all local research expenditures, and is 

 to be responsible for the administra- 

 tion of the grant and for reports and 

 accounting required by the Founda- 

 tion. 



The institutions are to be allowed 

 wide latitude in the expenditure of 

 general research funds, but these ex- 

 penditures are to be subject to review 

 periodically by the Foundation, 

 which is to have the power of can- 

 cellation. 



It is recommended that general re- 

 search funds be used in part for 

 junior fellowships to be awarded, 

 without reference to the Foundation, 

 to students working for an M.D. de- 

 gree, in order to permit the recipients 

 to devote 1 or 2 years on a full-time 

 basis to acquiring more specialized 

 knowledge of the techniques of medi- 

 cal research than is possible during 



the regular course. Junior fellowships 

 are not to be used as scholarships to 

 defray medical school tuition. The 

 policy of each institution in regard 

 to number of Junior Fellows, the 

 value of the stipend, and other fea- 

 tures of general importance is to be 

 subject to review by the Foundation. 



Formal discussions concerning re- 

 newal of general research funds 

 should be completed 1 to 3 years in 

 advance of termination. 



If an application for general re- 

 search funds is refused, the applicant 

 institution may appeal directly to the 

 board of trustees for a review. 



In allocating general research 

 funds, the Foundation is to consider 

 both the immediate needs and prom- 

 ise of development of the applicant 

 institutions, and is to take cognizance 

 of the effects of such funds upon the 

 support of medical schools bv their 

 parent institutions. 



Equipment purchased under gen- 

 eral research funds is to become the 

 property of the institution to which 

 the block grant is made. 



b. Fellowships 



Fellowships are to be awarded by 

 the Foundation, for a period of 1 to 

 3 years, to approved applicants having 

 the M.D., Ph.D., or D.D.S. degree 

 or equivalent attainment, to enable 

 the recipients to acquire research 

 training, to undertake research, to 

 learn special techniques, or to pursue 

 studies in related sciences. Fellow- 

 ships may be renewed for a period 

 up to 3 years, but onlv in exceptional 

 instances should the term of a fellow- 

 ship exceed 6 vears. The holder of a 

 fellowship is to be publicly desig- 

 nated as a 'Tellovv of the National 

 Foundation for Medical Research." 



In the initial selection of Fellows, 

 potentialities for dexelopment of lead- 



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