The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc. and the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund provide additional support for the program. The team of applicants and the scholar of their choice design an independent study plan on any humanities topic. The intellectual rigor and contribution of the plan to the scholarship of the applicant are given the most consideration in making awards.
Few teachers have the opportunity or time to immerse themselves in academic study with a scholar.
The results of their research will be introduced into their schools' permanent curriculum the following year. A list of the winning Fellows, their schools, and study topics appears on the following page. Since its inception in 1956, the Council for Basic Education has advocated a balanced liberal arts curriculum and worked to strengthen the teaching and learning of this curriculum.