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Special Grants for Research. 



A sum not exceeding ^"3,000 per annum will be available 

 for assistance in respect of special investigations for which 

 provision is not otherwise made. 



Grants from this fund will be made on the recommendation 

 of the Board's Advisory Committee on Agricultural Science, 

 who will consider, not only whether the proposed investiga- 

 tion is desirable in itself, but whether it could not be better 

 carried out at one of the special Research Institutions re- 

 ferred to above. The grants will be made from year to year, 

 and will be for one year only in each case. 



Scholarships.* 



In order to secure the services of a number of carefully 

 trained men for work in connection with the scheme, the 

 Boara propose in each of the years 191 1, 1912, and 1913, to 

 offer twelve scholarships of the value of ^150 per annum, 

 tenable for three years. 



It is proposed that candidates for scholarships should be 

 selected by a special committee, representing the Institutions 

 under whom the selected candidates will subsequently work. 

 The award of twelve scholarships will be conditional on a 

 sufficient number of thoroughly suitable candidates presenting 

 themselves. 



Local Advice and Investigations. 



Grants will also be made to certain Universities, University 

 Colleges, and Agricultural Colleges in England and Wales r 

 for the purpose of enabling them to supply scientific advice 

 to farmers on important technical questions, and to carry out 

 investigations into problems of local interest, which can be 

 more conveniently studied on the spot than at one of the 

 Research Institutions. 



By means of these grants it is hoped to provide an expert 

 staff possessing both scientific and practical qualifications, 

 who will devote themselves to solving difficult local problems, 

 and in other ways endeavour to secure the application of 

 science to practice. 



* Particulars as to the conditions on which these scholarships will be awarded 

 are given on p. 510. 



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