John F. Perkins Memorial Award Committee
(Established 1967)
The Fund was established in 1967 by the family and friends of John Forbes
Perkins, Jr., who was professor of physiology at the University of Chicago
and a devoted member of the Society. The Fund is supported by gifts in his
memory. At the time of the establishment of the Fund, “it seemed appropriate
that its purpose should be to help foreign scientists bring their families
so that they could make fullest use of the cultural benefits inherent in
international exchange.”
The Committee is composed of four members, some of whom have ideally
sponsored Perkins Fellows, and a member of the Perkins family, who is an ex
officio member, without vote. The chairperson will ordinarily be someone who
has special interests and experience with international
exchanges and who has previously served on the Committee. The Chairperson of
the Committee will serve on the International Physiology Committee as an ex
officio member, without vote.
The general purpose of the Fund, a part of the Endowment Fund, is to aid
and encourage enterprises in physiology that have cultural as well as
scientific merit.
Duties of the Perkins Memorial Fund Committee are to:
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Supervise administration of the Fund, including
publication of brochures describing its purpose and operations.
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Meet annually either by conference call or at the time of
the spring meeting and at other times at the discretion of the
chairperson.
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Review applications and select recipients. Each
application will be made jointly by a visiting scientist and his/her
host, who must be a member of the Society. Financial arrangements for
the visiting scientist will have been made before the application is
submitted to the Fund. The application will contain an account of these
arrangements, together with a description of the proposed scientific
work and a brief account of how the visitor intends to make use of the
cultural benefits.
Final selection of awards to applicants is ordinarily made by
the Chairperson on the basis of correspondence with members of the
Committee; the representative of the Perkins family need not be consulted in
the selection process. Awards are made in December and June. Applications
for awards must be made prior to October and April of the year in which the
fellowship is to begin.
As part of the Endowment Fund, the Perkins Memorial Fund will
be invested under supervision of the Finance Committee. The business office
of the Society will submit an annual report to the Finance and the Perkins
Memorial Fund Committees.
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