RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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cialized branches of social science, it was determined
that the Foundation-administered program
should be linked to the fields to which active
support was being given in designated areas
of concentration. Specific appropriations were
made for fellowships open to specialists in the
fields of international relations, social security,
and public administration, with the understanding
that these fellowships would be available to
American candidates as well as to those of other
countries. In order to assure, the development of
a fellowship program designed to forward as usefully
as possible work in the designated areas, a
considerable degree of flexibility was afforded in
eligibility requirements. Although it was determined
to discontinue the general program of
Foundation-administered fellowships in favor of
the more closely focused procedure outlined
above, an appropriation was made to allow for
its gradual liquidation over the years 1936 and
1937. This will permit the awarding of a normal
quota of extensions for current fellowship incumbents,
as well as the accommodation, through
new awards under general program, of cases
pending at the time the new
definition was
adopted.
Support to the general fellowship program of
the Social Science Research Council was continued
without change of definition. The coun-
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