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IN consequence of the Government's decision in 1935 to forgo any further contributions from the capital resources of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 towards the cost of new buildings for the Science Museum, and owing to other factors that have lately tended to stabilize the Commissioners' income for some years to come, the Board of Management of the Commission has been able to set aside sufficient to provide for an additional annual scholarship of two or three years' duration. This will be used to extend to India the scheme of science research scholarships for overseas universities, each of which is of the annual value of £250- £280. To those who have watched the growth of post-graduate studies in India this decision has naturally given great satisfaction, and the allotment of even a single scholarship has been warmly appreciated by the Indian universities. Indian students have, of course, always been eligible for the coveted senior studentships, of which five are awarded each year by the Commissioners to advanced students of science nominated by universities in Great Britain. But until now they have had no chance to participate in the benefits of the overseas scholarships, which have been the means of training in the methods and technique of research and thus equipping for responsible positions in the scientific service of the Empire so much first-rate talent from the universities of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the Irish Free State. Moreover, these awards, of which eight have been made each year, provide a valuable link between research scholars of this country and the Dominions. From this point of view also the inclusion of India in the scheme is of considerable importance.
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Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Nature 139, 437–438 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139437c0
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