Westinghouse Research Fellowships

Abstract

THE Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has established ten ‘post-doctorate’ fellowships for research in physics, including chemical physics and physical metallurgy, to enable investigators to carry on their work at the Westinghouse Research Laboratories in East Pittsburgh. Five fellows have been appointed for 1938–39, and five more will be appointed in each succeeding year. The objects of the Company in establishing the fellowships are: “(1) To make a worth-while contribution to the development of the fundamental sciences on which modern industry is based. The Company feels that all research leading to a better understanding of the nature of matter and energy will ultimately prove valuable to technology even though its immediate field of application is not apparent. (2) To enable a group of able investigators to become familiar with the scientific problems confronting the electrical industry. It is felt that this contact will be of great value whether the men turn to industrial research or to academic work after completion of their fellowship period.” Fellows will devote their entire time to work on their research projects, and will be under the general supervision of Dr. E. U. Condon, associate director for the programme of fundamental research. It is expected that they will also participate actively in the seminars and colloquia held at the Laboratories and in the neighbouring institutions of higher education. Appointments are made for a period of one year and a fellow is eligible for one reappointment for a like period. The salary is 2,400 dollars a year.