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sentative sentiment in favour of such an undertaking and substantial support for 
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25th, 1924. 
H. M. Quanjer. 
Voted that the report be accepted. 
President A. G. Ruggles: The next business is the report of the 
Representative to the National Research Council. 
REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE NATIONAL RESEARCH 
COUNCIL 
The annual meeting of the Division of Biology and Agriculture for the election of 
officers for the ensuing year, the consideration of reports of the sub-committees and 
the transaction of general business, was held on April 22 in the offices of the National 
Research Council, Washington, D. C. Dr. R. A. Harper of Columbia University 
was elected chairman of the division. The most important matters recently before 
the division were that of the National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences 
and the Formation of a Union of American Biological Societies. 
The National Research Council has been entrusted by the Rockefeller Foundation 
with the expenditure of a sum of $325,000, available between July 1, 1923, and June 
30, 1928, to promote research in the biological sciences, including zoology, botany, 
anthropology, and psychology, by post-doctorate research fellowships. “These 
fellowships will be awarded to persons in relatively early stages of a research career 
for the purpose of enabling them to continue research at suitable institutions, 
preferably in the United States. The purpose of the National Research Fellowships 
in the Biological Sciences is the promotion of fundamental research in these subjects. 
This involves not only the immediate acquisition of more knowledge through re¬ 
search, but also the securing of a greater number of thoroughly trained investigators. 
It is hoped that the establishment of such fellowships may prevent the loss of re¬ 
search interest in the early post-doctorate years by the premature or excessive 
absorption of promising investigators in routine duties and may also improve the 
conditions for research in the educational and other scientific institutions of this 
country.” 
Dr. Frank R. Lillie, Professor of embryology, University of Chicago, and formerly 
Chairman of the Division of Biology and Agriculture of the National Research 
Council, was appointed by the National Research Council Chairman of the Board of 
National Research Fellowships in the Biological Sciences. All communications or 
inquiries of information concerning the fellowships should be addressed to the 
