THE MILTON FUND FOR RESEARCH 
The late William F. Milton left the bulk of his estate to his wife for life, and after 
her death to Harvard University for the purpose, first, of building a library if the 
University had no suitable library building, and then 
“If said fund is not used in constructing and erecting such library building, 
or if a part thereof remains after such construction, I then hereby authorize 
and empower said President and Fellows of Harvard College to use the in¬ 
come of said fund, or such income thereof as remains after constructing said 
library building, from time to time, either in whole or in part, to defray the 
expenses of any special investigation of a medical, geographical, historical or 
scientific nature which said corporation may from time to time desire to make 
or prosecute in the interests of, or for promoting the physical and material 
welfare and prosperity of the human race, or to assist in the discovery and 
perfecting of any special means of alleviating or curing human disease, or to 
investigate and determine the value or importance of any discovery or in¬ 
vention, or for any other special or temporary object of the nature above 
stated. . . 
The provisional arrangement for its use in the immediate future is as follows: 
For the income beginning July ist next, and not yet assigned, the Corporation 
will be glad to receive from any member of the instructing or scientific or 
administrative staff of the University requests for aid in investigation. Such 
requests must be received before January ioth and should be made out in tripli¬ 
cate on the forms provided for the purpose. These forms, a sample of which is 
attached for your immediate information, have been adopted in order to facilitate 
the consideration of applications for aid and it is requested that they be carefully 
and completely filled out. Additional forms may be secured from the Secretary 
of the Corporation. 
The Corporation will appoint each year a Committee to advise it in making 
a selection among the investigations proposed and in the allotment of income 
therefor. If aid is requested for an investigation by a member of a department 
or school which has its own funds for research, this fact will be duly considered 
by the Committee in recommending grants. No allotments will be made for 
more than two years; but if an investigation proves to require a longer period, 
an application for a renewal of the grant expiring in the current academic year 
should be received before January ioth. 
In all cases where grants are made, it is expected that the recipients will send 
to the Corporation a brief report, in triplicate, of progress, covering each year 
during which the grant applies. These reports should reach the Corporation 
not later than June 30th and should include a general statement of expenses in¬ 
curred. 
A. Lawrence Lowell, 
President. 
Enclosure. 
Cambridge, November ist, 1928. 
