RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE MEDICAL SCIENCES 109
The conference was called at the suggestion
of some of the younger workers in the fields
mentioned, for the discussion of research projects
which were in progress or definitely planned
for the future and problems which concern more
than one field. It gave opportunity for the exchange
of information and points of view upon
lines of work that should be brought into closer
unity. It was attended by men from Cornell,
Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Johns Hopkins,
Northwestern, and Washington universities, the
University of Chicago, and
the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research.
Special Research Aid Fund for European Scholars
The Foundation appropriated during 1935 a
total of $185,000 in continuation of emergency
aid for eminent scholars of Europe who, for
political reasons, have had to interrupt their
scientific work and seek to establish themselves
elsewhere. The amount allocated during 1935 to
European scholars coming under this classification
and working in the field of the medical
sciences was 316,100.
Former Program
The Foundation made a number of grants
during 1935 in continuation of projects under-
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