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Porter Physiology Development Committee
(Established 1952)

This committee is composed of at least seven members of the Society and has cochairpersons. The Society's Education Officer and Director of Finance are ex officio members of the Committee, without vote. The purpose of the Porter Physiology Development Program is to stimulate and support the development of minority students engaged in graduate study in physiology through the award of predoctoral fellowships. In addition, the program provides assistance in the improvement of underdeveloped American departments of physiology, particularly in those colleges and medical schools with predominantly minority enrollment.

Duties of the Porter Physiology Development Program Committee are to:

  • Supervise administration of the Fund.

  • Approve visiting scientists and professorships.

  • Approve teaching and training fellowships.

  • Recommend to the William Townsend Porter Foundation specific needs for laboratory and teaching equipment.

  • Counsel underdeveloped physiology departments on curriculum and other improvements.

  • Provide annual written reports to Council and the William Townsend Porter Foundation.

  • Rank applications of minority students to attend meetings of the Society, which are collated by the Executive Director and/or Education Officer.

  • Solicit outside funds for support of the program.

William T. Porter Fellowship
Minority Travel Report