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: TOEACCO IN)US4'RY RESEARCH CMITTEE . ?~X ~LvAr MCMr 'ffiTL AND KNOWS.TON, INC., 150 E. k2nd St., New York 1.71, N.Y. (OXford 7 5 y ~D86 ,NAY, N{AY 2, 192 t 4 ~' .. . t4 . . ... . . - . TOBACCO RESFJARCRi GROiJF OFFERS FEhIOi1SRIPS TO MEDICAL STUDENTS } ~.. ;; . TO SPUR INTEREST IN RESEARCHiWORK / New York - For the eighth yes:r, studeats in the nation's8~j accredited r leges ofosteopathy-have been offered summer medical colleges and six coT . Y~'''~ -_''S.` . .. . . .--~; . . , . ., :,.~e * . . .~ S a`rrOh fellowahips of'$500 by the Tobacco Industry Research Coamiittee, it was announced today• :.. ~ "The need for scientists ia basic:researeh,is more serious than ever ,-before," said Dr. Clarence Cook Little, scient'ific director of T.I'.R.C. ° "This programlisdesigned to encourage students to make a career in research: For those who enter other fields of'medicine, it will provide valuable t. exposure to research." Since the program began in 1955, more than,b70 young men and,women -have received fellowships, Dr. Little said. Some of them have decided to enter research fu.ll time, and a number'have published papers on the results ~: ;of their studies. .c.n.,1v K r._ . ., The student fellows are selected':ay their medical school deans, Dr. Little said, and may do research'iniany field'they ahoose. The program was iaitiated'and continued by't'he Seientifi'c:Advisory Board, a group of physicians, scientists and educators, which directs the T.I',.R.C.'s program of research into tobacco and,health. The T.I.R.C. has appropriated $,5,450,000 for research by independent scientists. '' ~e:T I.R.C. was formed in 1954 by representatives of'tobacco growers, t'' , ~. . °'. +c 1 a leaf wazehousemen and manufacturers to proviide support for independent scientific resea.rchlinto tobacco use and human health and to make the facts „~ r . kaown to the pu blic.