RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE NATURAL SCIENCES
was based on the combined advantages of close
proximity to the Marine Biological Laboratory
and the Laboratory of the United States Bureau
of Fisheries, and of the exceptional opportunities
for illustrative investigations in the major divisions
of oceanography that are afforded by the
neighboring waters. Woods Hole is so situated
that almost alloceanographic problems can be
attacked with profit. The
institution owes its
unique position among research centers to its
excellent marine equipment, which includes two
sea-going vessels for work both near shore and
in the open ocean. The laboratory provides opportunity
for a limited number of graduate students
to obtain training in the field methods of
oceanography during the summer months, and
under the direction of members of the staff carries
on a regular program of oceanographic investigation
in the fields of physics, chemistry,
geology, and biology.
Biological Abstracts
A terminal grant of $40,000 was made to the
National Research Council for expenses of editing
and indexing the international Biological Abstracts.
The
total of this appropriation and a
former one made in 1934 are to be available
during the period ending December 31, 1937.
During the present and former years the Foun-
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