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THIRTY-FOUR of these fellowships, enabling British university men to devote two years to study and travel in the United States of America, are offered for award in 1938. Twenty-four are open to candidates of British descent, domiciled in the United Kingdom, who are graduates of universities therein, unmarried and less than thirty years of age; two to graduates of a university in a British dominion or colony; five are 'service fellowships' open only to candidates holding Government appointments in the British Empire over-seas; and three are Home Civil Service fellowships. The Committee of Award (chairman, Sir Walter H. Moberly) give primary consideration to intellectual ability, personality and initiative; account is also taken of character and health. Application, in the prescribed form, approved by the authorities of the college or university of which the candidate is or has been a member, must reach the Secretary to the Committee (35 Portman Square, W.I) by February 1. In 1937, awards were made to candidates from Cambridge (5), Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool (2), London (4), Manchester (2), Oxford (9), Reading, St. Andrews, New Zealand and South Africa. The subjects of study were very various, comprising: physics (3), chemistry (2), biophysics, zoology, physiology, medicine (2), engineering, architecture (2), law, political science, economics, international relations, education, modern languages, English literature, American literature, theology. The fellowships, in some respects complementary to the Rhodes scholarships, were established with the view of promoting mutual amity and understanding between Great Britain and the United States.
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Commonwealth Fund Fellowships. Nature 141, 70 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141070c0
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