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Five or more Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships, amounting to approximately $2500 each, will be awarded annually, Margaret B. Touborg '65, assistant to Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, said yesterday. The first fellowships will be awarded next spring...
...Touborg said the fellowships are "meant to encourage scholarly work and provide support for talented young researchers." She added that in the long run, the fellowships may "generate increased interest in careers in academia...
...fellowships are being "offered for research projects that perhaps a student might not take on without financial incentive," said Touborg...
...Touborg said she anticipated that students will use the money to cover not only the more mundane costs of research, such as xeroxing, but also the costs of traveling to other areas of the country to continue research begun at Schlesinger. The fellowships may also eliminate the need for students to take on a summer job, allowing them to devote their vacation to research, she added...
Although "one of the main interests is stimulating thesis research," the fellowships are not intended solely for such work, Touborg said...