RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
For several years the Foundation gave assistance
to the International Institute of Intellectual
Cooperation, Paris, to permit the employment of
a secretary-rapporteur at the biennial meetings
of the International Studies Conference. In 1935
the Foundation appropriated 330,000 to the institute
for use over the period preceding the 1937
International Studies Conference to permit a better
organization of the research program than
the institute was able to finance with its own
funds. The
institute is an officially recognized
international institution set up by the League of
Nations but administered by its own board of
directors. It serves as the executive and administrative
agency of the Commission of Intellectual
Cooperation of the League of Nations. In 1927,
on the initiative of the institute, thefirstmeeting
of the International Studies Conference was held.
The conference is now attended by representatives
of fifteen recognized national groups and
five international institutions specifically concerned
with the study of international relations.
It is completely autonomous and determines its
own program. In the intervals between meetings,
an administrative committee made up of delegates
nominated by eight of the member organizations
deals with preparation for the succeeding
conference. The aim of the conference is to
awaken a wider interest in international prob-
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