tional over-all organization, in cooper- 

 ation with the advisory bodies, would 

 prepare tests in accordance with the 

 best thought upon such matters. 

 These tests would be given to all 

 applicants throughout the country 

 and the test reports would be sent to 

 the national organization for evalua- 

 tion. The national staff also would 

 collect other relevant data and judg- 

 ments concerning each applicant and 

 upon the basis of the tests and other 

 material would certify to the State 

 committees a number of qualified 

 candidates equal to twice the States 

 quota- — ^it being proxided, howe\'er, 

 that no applicants shall be certified 

 who do not attain a certain minimum 

 national standard. The dossiers of 

 these candidates would be sent to the 

 State committees and those commit- 

 tees would have the responsibility of 

 making the final selections of the 

 Scholars up to the number of the 

 State's quota. 



The machinery and procedures for 

 administering these scholarships are 

 outlined only in general terms at this 

 time. It is clear that valid methods 

 for selecting students of high ability 

 are available in the experience of 

 persons and organizations which have 

 been working on this problem for 

 many years. Doubtless better meth- 

 ods will be available in future and 

 the methods adopted for the National 

 Science Reserve Scholarships should 

 be the best available at the time they 

 are being used. 



Concerning machinery for admin- 

 istration of the National Science Re- 

 serve Fellowships, we can be brief: 



They should be administered na- 

 tionally as the National Research 

 Council Fellowships are adminis- 

 tered. Whether or not a "National 

 Scientific Research Foundation" or 

 similar body be established, we judge 



that the National Research Council 

 of the National Academy of Sciences 

 would be the best agency to admin- 

 ister the proposed National Science 

 Reserve Fellowships; for the National 

 Research Council has shown that it 

 has the know-how and integrity to 

 administer well a Fellowship pro- 

 pram on a national basis. It should 

 be noted that we propose that the 

 fellowships (as distinct from the 

 scholarships) should be awarded on a 

 national, not a State, basis. 



For the National Scientific Re- 

 ser\'e Fellowships as for the Scholar- 

 ships, the sole basis of selection 

 should be merit, without regard to 

 sex, race, color, creed, or need. 



It is recommended that fellowship 

 (as distinct from scholarship) stip- 

 ends should be fixed by the awarding 

 agency on a scale up to $100 monthly, 

 plus payments for tuition and other 

 fees up to a maximum of $500 an- 

 nually. 



Throughout the whole plan, for 

 both scholarships and fellowships, 

 there should run an insistence upon 

 high-grade work by the holder, other- 

 wise the fellowship or scholarship 

 shall be terminated by the awarding 

 agency. 



Scholarships shall be tenable for 

 4 academic years or the equivalent. 

 Fellowships shall be tenable for the 

 duration of graduate studies leading 

 to the doctoral degree, up to a maxi- 

 mum of 3 academic years or the 

 equivalent. Both shall be held upon 

 the following conditions: 



(n) Continuance of good health. 



(1?) Continuance of good behavior. 



(c) Scientific progress at the level 

 of the best 25 percent of former stu- 

 dents in the scientific departments 

 primarily concerned. 



If a Scholar or Fellow drops out 



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