|
|
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 as judged by Council.
Duties of the Perkins Memorial Fund Committee are to:
-
Supervise administration of the Fund, including publication
of brochures describing its purpose and operations.
-
Meet annually either by conference call or at the time of
the spring meeting and at other times at the discretion of the
chairperson.
-
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 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 February and July.
Applications for awards must be made prior to January and June of the year
in which the fellowship is to begin. Announcement of the award(s) will be
made at the spring meeting of Society.
-
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.
|
|
