RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
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atry. In 1935 a total of 3493,200 was appropriated
for these purposes. The programs receiving
support are described below.
Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago
Development of Teaching and Research
Training in psychoanalysis is of great importance
to the psychiatrist, but at the present time
facilities for such training are limited. To aid in
extending opportunities in thisfieldthe Foundation
made a grant of $100,000 to the Institute
for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, payable over a
three-year period beginning October 1, 1935, to
enable it to enlarge the scope of its teaching and
research.
The Institute for Psychoanalysis was established
in 1932 to operate on a non-profit-making
basis for the following purposes: to study the
application of psychoanalytic technique to voluntary
patients; to conduct systematic comparative
research on a series of similar cases; to
organize the teaching of psychoanalysis according
to accepted academic standards; to provide
orientation in psychoanalysis to physicians practising
in other branches of medicine and to
scientists working in borderline fields; and to
further the correlation of medical and physiological
problems with the findings of psychoanalysis.
The Foundation's grant will assist the
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