RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

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lems in European countries. The next meeting,
to be held in 1937, will be devoted to discussion
of the important subject "Peaceful Change."
Grants were made in 1935 to two universities
carrying on research and advanced training in
thefieldof international relations. The Foundation
appropriated $100,000 to Yale University
for the support of its Department of International
Relations over afive-yearperiod beginning
July 1, 1935. During eight years Yale University
has engaged in extensive development of the
study of international relations and had established
the department as a separate administrative
division of the Graduate School. With the
aid of the Foundation's grant, an Institute of
Research in International Relations has been
organized with a definite program for the study
of the range of methods employed by nations to
promote peace. Group research will be carried on
by the staff of the institute, and the cooperation
of outside persons will be invited. The institute,
which seeks to achieve practical results, will direct
its publications to that end. The research
program of the institute draws strength from the
large and active undergraduate and graduate
departments of international relations, from the
School of Law, which has manifested marked interest
in international problems, and from the
Institute of Human Relations, which is con-
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