GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION AWARDS ANNOUNCED

The appropriation of S100,000 for the assistance of young American scholars and artists during the year 1926-27 was announced April 19 by Henry Allen Moe, Secretary of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. This Foundation was established a year ago with a fund of $3,000,000 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, as a memorial to a son who died on April 26, 1922.

Thirty-seven new Fellows were appointed from 18 States, ranging from Georgia to Washington. The list includes five women. Three artists were appointed for creative work in painting, three musicians for creative work in musical composition, and the research appointments are for work in a wide range of subjects. Among the Fellows for 1926-27 are members of the faculties of 22 colleges and universities. Harvard University leads with four Fellows; the University of Chicago has three; the University of Cincinnati, three; the University of Wisconsin, two; and Yale University, two. Seven of the fellows for 1926-27 are not at present affiliated with any educational institution.

The Guggenheim Foundation offers to the young productive scholars and artists of the country opportunities to carry on research and creative work, chiefly abroad. Applicants are required to present definite projects for re* search in a given field of knowledge, or projects for creative work in someone of the fine arts.

Given a worth-while project, intellectual or artistic, proposed by a young scholar or artist with demonstrated qualifications for carrying it out, the plans and the arrangements of the Foundation are designed to be completely flexible. The Fellowships are tenable anywhere in the world, for any period, long or short. The stipend is usually $2,500 for a period of twelve months, but in every case is adjusted to the needs of the individual appointed. The Fellowships are open on equal terms to men and women, being citizens of, or permanent residents in, the United States, of every race and creed. The normal age limits of Fellows are twenty-five and thirty-five years.