FELLOWSHIPS ON GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION AVAILABLE

To improve the quality of education and the practice of the arts and professions in the United States, to foster research, and to provide for the cause of better international understanding, Simon Guggenheim, former United States senator from Colorado, and his wife, have made a preliminary gift of $3,000,000 for the endowment of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships for advanced study abroad.

The foundation, which is a memorial to the son of Senator and Mrs. Guggenheim, who.died on April 26, 1922, offers to young men and women world-wide opportunities under the freest possible conditions to carry on advanced study and research in any field of knowledge, or opportunities for the development of unusual talent in any of the fine arts, including music.

No age limits are prescribed. Appointees, however, must be old enough to have shown marked ability in their particular subject. It is expected that ordinarily they will not be younger than 25 or older than 35 years.

The fellowships are therefore for students somewhat older than those to whom Rhodes scholarships are open, including young professors on sabbatical leave, holders of fellowships from individual colleges and those who have won distinction in graduate study.

Only those candidates will be appointed who have embarked upon some important piece of work and who show exceptional aptitude for research, or who demonstrate ability in some of the fine arts. These fellowships differ from the Rhodes scholarships in being open to women as well as men and being available for study in any country in the world.

The amount of money available for each fellowship will be approximately $2500 a year, but may be more or less, depending on individual needs. While appointments will be made ordinarily for one year, which involve two or three years' study will also be considered and in special cases fellowships will be granted for shorter terms with appropriate stipends.

The first national awards will be made for the academic year 1926-1927. It is the purpose of the foundation after the first year to maintain annually from 40 to 50 fellows abroad. The fellowships will be open to men and women, married or unmarried, of every race, color and creed.

It is expected that the fellowships will ordinarily be used for study in Europe, but they may be used as well in other parts of the world, as, for example, the United States, Latin America, Australia, or the Far East.