Killam

[Denis Salter]

Dear Colleagues,

Simply as a point of information, with no interpretation
guiding it, I note that the Killam Prize Laureates from 1995-
1999 are made up of an impressive list: 5 were in Health
Sciences, 5 were in Natural Sciences, and 4 were in Engineering.


I note, again as a point of information, that in the Killam
Research Fellowships for 1999: 1 was in Philosophy, 1 was in the
History of Philosophy and Classical Studies; meanwhile,
1 was in Astronomy, 1 was in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
1 was in Chemical Engineering, 1 was in Entomology, Biology,
1 was in Maths, 1 was in Physics, 1 was in Urban Social Geography,
1 was in Chemistry, 1 was in Law; and 3 were spread out across
the sub-divisions of Economics:
1 in Political Economy, 1 in Economics; and l
in Economic and Social History, Women's/Gender History.

I didn't examine the Research Fellowships for a Second Year,
except to note that they were awarded to extraordinarily excellent
scholars; and to note that of the 9 renewals,
l was in Sociology, Criminology, Communications and Law: Marketing Se-
curity; l in Chemistry and Astronomy, 1 in
Econometrics, Economics and Statistics, 1 in Quantum Optics and
and Condensed Matter Physics, l in Particle Physics,
Astrophysics and Astronomy, 1 in Maths,  1 in Computer Science,
1 in History, and 1 in Psychology, Neuroscience.


Needless to say, many complex and perhaps conflicting conclusions
could be drawn about these data.

Best Wishes,

Denis Salter
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