The National Research Council 



Membership and Organization. The National Research Council 

 is a cooperative organization of scientific men of America, including also 

 a representation of men of affairs interested in engineering and industry 

 and in the "pure" science upon which the applied science used in these 

 activities depends. Its membership is largely composed of accredited 

 representatives of about seventy-five national scientific and technical 

 societies. 



The Council was established at the request of the President of the 

 United States, under the Congressional charter of the National Academy 

 of Sciences, to coordinate the research facilities of the country for work on 

 war problems involving scientific knowledge. In 1918, by Executive Order, 

 it was reorganized as a permanent body. Although partly supported during 

 the war period by the government and primarily devoted at that time to 

 its activities, the Council now derives all of its financial support from other 

 than governmental sources and is entirely controlled by its own represeti 

 tatively selected membership and democratically chosen officers. It main- 

 tains, however, a close cooperation with government scientific bureaus and 

 their activities. 



Purpose. The Council is neither a large operating laboratory no^ 

 a repository of funds to be given away to scattered scientific workers or 

 institutions. It is rather an organization which, while clearly recognizing 

 the unique value of individual work, hopes especially to bring together 

 scattered work and workers and to assist in coordinating scientific attack 

 in America in any and all lines of scientific activity. Its essential purpose 

 is the promotion of scientific research and of the application and dissemi- 

 nation of scientific knowledge for the benefit of the national strength and 

 well-being. 



Research Fellowships 



The Council maintains, with the financial assistance of the Rockefeller 

 Foundation and General Education Board to the amount of one million 

 dollars, to be expended during a period of five years two series of 

 advanced fellowships. 



Fellowships in Physics and Chemistry. Candidates must already 

 have made the doctor's degree or have equivalent qualifications and have 

 demonstrated a high order of ability in research. Address applications to 

 Secretary, Fellowships Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. 



Fellowships in Medicine. Both graduates in medicine and doctors 

 of philosophy in one of the sciences of medicine, or in physics, chemistry, 

 or biology are eligible for these fellowships. Address applications to 

 Chairman, Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, 

 Washington, D. C. 



