RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

128 THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
closing out former projects, Rockefeller Foundation
aid given during 1935 in the natural sciences
was in general limited to projects in the abovementioned
fields of experimental biology.
There exist groups, sometimes including practically
a whole department of biology, whose
members are working together on problems
which fall in several of the recognized subfields
of interest of the Foundation's program. Grants
to such groups serve to aid a concentrated program,
and have the added significance of building
up strong centers which may
continue to
exemplify the effectiveness of such an approach
to biological problems. Such grants have been
made to the University of Chicago, to Leland
Stanford, Jr., University, and to the Long Island
Biological Association.
A limited program of fellowships and grants
in aid within the chosen field of concentration
was continued during 1935.
One large item coming under the heading of
former program deserves special mention. The
sum of #1,000,000 was given the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. A
part of this replaces
annual grants running to 1940 undertaken
by the Foundation at the time of the original
grant in 1930. The present grant closes out
Foundation contributions, and puts on a permanent,
self-sustaining basis an important and
© 2003 The Rockefeller Foundation