Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship

The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship for Women was established in 1908 by Emile Berliner in honor of his mother, and first awarded in 1909. The fellowship was award biennially and provided $1200 to support a woman studying physics, chemistry, or biology in either America or Europe. The fellowship was open to women holding the degree of doctor of philosophy or otherwise capable of conducting higher research. The first chair of the awarding committee was Christine Ladd-Franklin,^[1] who was also instrumental in the establishment of the fellowship.^[2] In 1911, an increase in funding meant that the fellowship could be offered every year.^[3]

Recipients[]

1909: Caroline M. McGill, zoology
1912: Gertrude Rand, psychology
1916?: Ethel Browne Harvey, zoology^[4]
1926: Hope Hibbard, biology and zoology
1928: Sally Hughes-Schrader, zoology
1934: Emma Margaret Dietz, chemistry^[5]
1983: Margaret Lewis, physics^[6]
[unknown date]: Carol Jane Anger Rieke, astronomy
[unknown date]: Carlotta Maury, geology

References[]

^ "The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship for Women". Science. 28 (728): 832. 1908. Bibcode:1908Sci....28Q.832.. doi:10.1126/science.28.728.832. JSTOR 1635663. PMID 17810786.
^ Elinson, Richard P. (31 May 2018). "Women's Prize: Be More Generous". Nature. 557: 637.
^ Ladd-Franklin, Christine (24 November 1911). "The Sarah Berliner Fellowship". Science: 705–706.
^ Browne, Ethel Nicholson (1916). "A comparative study of the chromosomes of six species of notonecta". Journal of Morphology. 27 (1): 119–161.
^ "A.A.U.W. Awards Seven Fellowships". Top O' The World - WCU. No. 13, no. 7. February 27, 1934. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
^ "Dr. Lewis of Physics Dept. Given High AAUW Honor". Vassar Miscellany News. No. XII, no. 3. 12 February 1938. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

[1] "The Sarah Berliner Research Fellowship for Women". Science. 28 (728): 832. 1908. Bibcode:1908Sci....28Q.832.. doi:10.1126/science.28.728.832. JSTOR 1635663. PMID 17810786.

[2] Elinson, Richard P. (31 May 2018). "Women's Prize: Be More Generous". Nature. 557: 637.

[3] Ladd-Franklin, Christine (24 November 1911). "The Sarah Berliner Fellowship". Science: 705–706.

[4] Browne, Ethel Nicholson (1916). "A comparative study of the chromosomes of six species of notonecta". Journal of Morphology. 27 (1): 119–161.

[5] "A.A.U.W. Awards Seven Fellowships". Top O' The World - WCU. No. 13, no. 7. February 27, 1934. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

[6] "Dr. Lewis of Physics Dept. Given High AAUW Honor". Vassar Miscellany News. No. XII, no. 3. 12 February 1938. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

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