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• Fellowship application of Herman George Canady
  An application from Herman George Canady, requesting a 1 year grant towards studying the influence of background/socio economic status upon differences within the Negro race in intelligence, and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Northwestern University under the supervision of Dr. A.R. Gilliland. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Psychology.
• Fellowship application of James William Butcher, Jr.
  An application from James William Butcher, Jr., requesting a 1 year grant towards developing a plan for a drama suitable for adoption at a large Negro college, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the State University of Iowa under the supervisions of Drs. E.C. Mable and H.G. Barnes. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Drama.
• Fellowship application of Gow Max Bush
  An application from Gow Max Bush, requesting a 10 month grant beginning September 1939. The plan of work was to study adaptation mechanisms of different animals the different methods of locomtotion among animals and how each of these could have arisen and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Der Universitat Jena under the supervisions of Drs. Hans Boker and W. Abel. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Zoology Vertebrate .
• Fellowship application of Leonie W. Burnett
  An application from Leonie W. Burnett, requesting a 1 year grant beginning September 1939. The plan of work was to obtain a Masters degree in Health and Physical Education at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Physical Education.
• Fellowship application of Charles Elvin Burbridge
  An application from Charles Elvin Burbridge, requesting a 1 year grant towards obtaining a Master of Arts degree in Psychiatric Case Work special reference to the adjustment problems of Negro children at the University of Chicago School of Social Service. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Social Service.
• Fellowship application of Vincent Jefferson Browne
  An application from Vincent Jefferson Browne, requesting a 2 year grant towards making a study of political parties, theri technique and propaganda with reference to the improvement of the conditions of American minorities and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Government.
• Fellowship application of William Gerald Brooks
  An application from William Gerald Brooks, requesting a 2 year grant towards obtaining a Doctors degree in Zoology at Cornell University. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Zoology.
• Fellowship application of Enos Luther Brookes
  An application from Enos Luther Brookes, requesting a 6 month grant towards revising, improving, and expanding a syllabus for a course in the Physical Sciences into a textbook that would emphasize materials and organization better suited to experiences and educational background of the average Negro student in Southern schools. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Physical Sciences.
• Fellowship application of Madison Spencer Briscoe
  An application from Madison Spencer Briscoe, requesting a 1 year grant towards making a study of mollusks in Haiti and Santo Domingo ecological, distributional, and comparative and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Howard University under the supervision of Dr. Paul Bartsch, U.S. National Museum. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Zoology.
• Fellowship application of Brailsford Reese Brazeal
  An application from Brailsford Reese Brazeal, requesting a grant towards a study of the origin and development of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters an international union chartered by the American Federation of Labor and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Economics.
• Fellowship application of Lulu Bell Boswell
  An application from Lulu Bell Boswell, requesting a 1 year grant towards obtaining a Masters degree in Nursing Education with a major in Administration in schools of nursing at Columbia University Teachers College under the supervision of Professor Burgess. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is NursingEducation.
• Fellowship application of Walter Monroe Booker
  An application from Walter Monroe Booker, requesting a 1 year grant towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Arno B. Luckhardt. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Physiology.
• Fellowship application of Arna Wendell Bontemps
  An application from Arna Wendell Bontemps, requesting a grant towards continuing research and writing on a broad canvas historical novel on the Siege of Savannah and the participation of Haitian soldiers in the attempt, and this would be done in New York, Charleston, Savannah, and Paris. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Fellowship application of Marita Odetta Bonner
  An application from Marita Odetta Bonner Mrs. William A. Occomy , requesting a 1 year grant towards writing short stories of the colored race. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Fellowship application of George Henry Bennett
  An application from George Henry Bennett, requesting a 9 month grant beginning September 1939. The plan of work was to investigate the juvenile delinquency and mental hygiene among Negroes, and to obtain a Doctorate degree in Educational and Vocational Guidance and Personnel at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Education Guidance and Personnel .
• Fellowship application of William McNeil Bell
  An application from William McNeil Bell, requesting a 2 year grant towards building a course of study in Health Education for Negro students in secondary schools in Florida, towards organizing teaching courses in Health Education for teachers, and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Ohio State University under the supervisions of Drs. D. Oberteuffer and Robert G. Paterson. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Health Education and Public Health.
• Fellowship application of Joseph Alexander Bailey
  An application from Joseph Alexander Bailey, requesting a 1 and half year grant towards organizing an effective department of business around needs and interests of Negro merchants and students in need of advice, and towards obtaining a C.P.A. degree at New York University under the supervision of Professor A.H. Rosenkampff. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Economics and Business Administration.
• Fellowship application of Calvin Melvin Baber
  An application from Calvin Melvin Baber Dr. , requesting a 1 year grant towards taking a special course at Columbia University to better fit himsel for his work in rural Georgia. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Medicine.
• Fellowship application of Walter Franklin Anderson
  An application from Walter Franklin Anderson, requesting a 1 year grant towards obtaining a Master of Music degree at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, to do concert work as well as some teaching. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Music Piano .
• Fellowship application of Melvin O. Alston
  An application from Melvin O. Alston, requesting a 1 year grant towards obtaining a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University under the supervisions of Drs. Upton and Reeve. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Teaching of Mathematics.
• Fellowship application of Alexander Joseph Allen, Jr.
  An application from Alexander Joseph Allen, Jr., requesting a 2 year grant towards a sociological survey and evaluation of the various techniques and policies which were employed by the Negro in his struggle for survival as a minority group, and towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Yale University under the supervision of Professor Maurice R. Davis. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Sociology.
• Fellowship application of Frank B. Adair
  An application from Frank B. Adair, requesting a 2 year grant towards obtaining a Master of Business Administration degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, to improve proficiency in the field of Business Management of collegiate institutions, private, or state supported. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Business Administration.
• Fellowship application from Elliott Gray Young
  Application from Elliott Gray Young. He is requesting a grant for a year to attain a masters degree in Vocational Guidance at Western Reserve University beginning in September 1938. The special field is Vocational Guidance.
• Fellowship application from Isaac Newton Wright
  Application from Isaac Newton Wright. He is requesting a grant for one and a half to two years to attain a PhD at Boston University or Harvard University beginning July 1938. The special field is Biology.
• Fellowship application from Clarence William Wyright
  Application from Clarence William Wyright. He is requesting a grant for a year to recheck scientific references on the Negro at Ohio State University. The special field is Anatomy.