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iuitia'tion and maintenance of a system of Xa- 

 tional Research Fellowships, -which are to be 

 awarded by the National Research Council to 

 persons who have demonstrated a high order 

 of ability in research, for the purpose of ena- 

 bling them to conduct investigations at educa- 

 tional institutions which make adequate pro- 

 vision for effective prosecution of research in 

 physics or chemistry. The plan will include 

 such supplementary features as may promote 

 the broad purpose of the project and increase 

 its efficiency. 



Among the important results which are ex- 

 I)ected to follow from the execution of the 

 plan may be mentioned : 



1. Opening of a scientific career to a larger 

 number of able investigators and their more 

 thorough training in research, thus meeting an 

 urgent need of our universities and industries. 



2. Increase of knowledge in regard to the 

 fundamental principles of physics and chemis- 

 try, upon which the progress of all the sciences 

 and the development of industry depend. 



3. Creation of more favorable conditions for 

 research in the educational institutions of this 

 country. 



The project will be administered by the re- 

 search fellowship board of the National Re- 

 search Council. This board consists of six 

 members appointed for terms of five years and 

 of the chairmen ex officio of the Division of 

 Physical Science and the Division of Chemis- 

 try and Chemical Technology of the National 

 Research Council. The members of the board 

 ara: 



Henry A. Bumstead, professor of physics, Yale 

 University. 



Simon Flexner, director of the Laboratories of the 

 Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. 



George E. Hale, director of Mount Wilson Observ- 

 atory. 



Elmer P. Kohler, professor of chemistry. Harvard 

 University. 



Eobert A. Millikan, professor of physics. Univer- 

 sity of Chicago. 



Arthur A. Noyes, director of the Research Labora- 

 tory of Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Insti- 

 tute of Technology. 



Wilder D. Bancroft, professor of physical chemis- 

 try, Cornell University, chairman of the Di- 



vision of Chemistry and Chemical Technology. 

 — , chairman of the Division of 



Physical Science. 



The appointments of national research fel- 

 lows will be made only after careful considera- 

 tion of the scientific attainments of all candi- 

 dates, not only of those who apply on their own 

 initiative, but also of those who are brought to 

 the attention of the research fellowship board 

 by professors in educational institutions and 

 by other investigators throughout the country. 



The research fellowships will for the most 

 part be awarded to persons who have had 

 training at an American university or scien- 

 tific school equivalent to that represented by 

 the doctor's degree. The salary will ordinarily 

 be $1,500 for the first year. The research fel- 

 lowship board will not, however, be bound by 

 rigid rules of procedure. Thus it may offer 

 larger salaries to those of exceptional attain- 

 ment or wider experience, and may give ap- 

 iwintments to competent investigators who 

 have had training other than that represented 

 by the doctor's degree. 



The research fellows will be apjwinted for 

 one year; but they will be eligible for succes- 

 sive reappointments, ordinarily with increases 

 of salary. 



It is expected that fifteen to twenty research 

 fellowships will be available during the coming 

 year, and that the number will be increased in 

 subsequent years. 



Applications for the fellowships should be 

 made on the form provided for the purpose, 

 and should be sent to the secretary of the re- 

 search fellowship board. National Research 

 Council, 1023 Sixteenth Street, Washington, 

 D. C. Applications will be received up to Sep- 

 tember 1, 1919, for fellowships available dur- 

 ing the next academic year; but a limited num- 

 ber of appointments will be made on the basis 

 of the applications received before April 20, 

 1919. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 

 CoLOXEL E. Lester Jones, after service in 

 the Army for about a year in America and 

 France has returned to his duties as head of 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



