The Jewish Claims Conference announced here today that the sum of $135,000 has been earmarked for international scholarships and fellowship grants for the academic year 1958-59. The grants will be awarded to Jewish victims of Nazi persecution who qualify for Jewish teacher training scholarships, graduate scholarships in Jewish studies and research fellowships for independent projects in Jewish arts, letters and social sciences.
Last year 191 successful candidates in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Canada, United States, and Argentina, Chile and Australia received scholarship and fellowship grants totalling $135,000. Applications for grants must be prepared on special forms which may be obtained from the offices of the Claims Conference here. All applications must be submitted to the Claims Conference not later than March 31, 1958.
The scholarship and fellowship grants are part of a greater program for Jewish cultural and educational reconstruction conducted by the Conference. The Conference obtains its funds for allocation under the terms of the Bonn-Israel reparations pact concluded at The Hague h 1952.
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