Mason Hammond, to prepare for publication a book on the Antonine Monarchy.

Robert S. Hillyer, for the recovery, after destruction by fire, of his essays, originally published in various periodicals.

Otto Krayer and H. Stanley Bennett, for a study of blood flow changes in animals under experimental conditions.

Kirtley F. Mather, for a study of the microflora of glacial and recent marine sediments.

Joo Vincent Meigs and Maurice Fremont-Smith, for a study of vaginal smears as an an aid to the prediction of the date of ovulation and the earlier diagnosis of cancer of the uterus.

Perry G. E. Miller, to continue the preparation for publication of "The New England Mind, Vol. II, 1660-1750."

O. Hobart Mowrer, to continue and expand a program of research on the psychology of fear.

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, for a study of the physical nature of variable stars.

Chandler R. Post, for research in preparation for Volume IX of his "History of Spanish Painting."

Gordon N. Ray, to prepare for publication an authorized edition of "The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray."

George A. Reisner, to aid in the preparation for publication of inscriptional material in the Giza Necropolis.

John Rock, for a continued study in women of ovulation, fertilization, tubal migration of ovum, cleavage and nidation.

Alfred S. Romer, for research in differentiation of limb musculature.

Reinhold Rudenberg, for an investigation of electric waves and oscillations in coils with air or steel core.

Joseph S. Sauget-Barbier, for a study and revision of plant material collected in Cuba.