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judgment shown by the apphcant in selecting and planning his proposed 
research. 
The Research Fellowships will for the most part be awarded to American 
citizens who have had training equivalent to that represented by the Doctor's 
degree. The salary will ordinarily be $1,500 for the first year. The Re- 
search Fellowship Board will not, however, be bound by rigid rules of pro- 
cedure. Thus it may ofifer larger salaries to those of exceptional attainment 
or wider experience, and may give appointment to competent investigators 
who have had training other than that represented by the Doctor's degree. 
The Research Fellows will be appointed for one year; but they will be eligible 
for successive reappointments, ordinarily with increase of salary. 
Fellowship Regulations. — Research Fellows are expected to devote their 
entire time to research, except that during the college year they may at their 
option give not more than one-fifth of their time (outside preparation in- 
cluded) to teaching of educational value to themselves, or to attendance on 
advanced courses of study. They may associate graduate students with their 
researches. They shall not engage in work for remuneration during the term 
of their appointment. Fellows who have not received the Doctor's degree 
may, with the approval of the institution, offer their research work in partial 
fulfillment of the requirements for that degree. 
Fellows are expected to submit to the Board shortly before the first of 
April of each year a detailed report on the progress of their researches. They 
must also present an account of their researches in form for publication before 
withdrawing from the Fellowship; and final salary payments will be deferred 
until this condition is fulfilled. It is understood that all results of investiga- 
tion by the Fellows shall be made available to the public without restriction. 
Fellowship appointments are subject to the condition that after they are 
accepted by the applicant, they will not be vacated within the year without 
consent of the Research Fellowship Board. 
Fellowship Applications. — 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 these Fellowships 
should be made on the form provided for the purpose, and should be sent to 
the Secretary of the Research Fellowship Board, National Research Council, 
1023 Sixteenth Street, Washington, D. C, to whom all other correspondence 
should also be addressed. Applications will be received up to September 1, 
1919 for Fellowships available during the next academic year; but a limited 
number of appointments will be made on the basis of the applications received, 
before April 20, 1919. 
Washington, D. C, March 29, 1919. 
