RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
In 1935 the Foundation program in the social
sciences was reorganized along new
lines with
emphasis upon certain definite fields of interest.
During the twelve-year period ending in 1935
the former Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial
and, subsequently, the Foundation gave major
support to institutional centers in the United
States and abroad having programs of general
research and advanced training in the social
sciences. Financial aid was provided to enable
the scientist to have direct contact with the
situation he was studying, to give him relief from
the routine responsibilities of academic life, to
supply clerical assistance and leisure for publication.
The improvement of personnel in the field
of the social sciences was promoted by graduate
fellowships and by grants to universities for the
development of basic instruction.
During the past decade notable changes have
taken place in institutional centers of research
in the social sciences. The
universities now
recognize the importance of realistic training
and research fin the social sciences Vnd are asr
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