The Royal Society Of London For Improving Natural Knowledge (commonly Known As The Royal Society)

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for the augmentation of the funds of the library of the society. for the purchase of books on the subject of protozoa or kindred subjects for the society's library. for any purpose or purposes connected with the preservation and utilization of the archives of the society. the income is used for payment for special lectures, preferably in new zealand. lecture and illustrative experiment for the advancement of natural knowledge on local motion lecture on natural history or experimental philosophy. triennial lecture on a subject for the advancement of national knowledge and function of the nervous system. lecture on the history of science. research work tending towards the discovery of the nature, cause and cure of disease in man. to aid marine expeditions and marine biological research. the promotion of biological studies and research (and medal). promoting experimental researches or in rewarding those by whom such researches have been made. to meet the cost of a lecture to be held every third year on the social function of science. the endowment of a studentship or prize to be awarded annually to a person carrying out mainly experimental research work on atomic physics sub atomic physics or similar problems preference being given to persons born in great britain. advancement of research into experimental endocrinology. promotion and encouragement of scientific research but not to be applied for any purpose directly connected with war. general advancement of chemical science including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the advancement of the study of the organic chemical aspects of biology. for the purpose of biological research. income is passed to the coram foundation for children avaiable for special educational purposes: any residue for the advancement of science. after 50 years income reverts to general purposes of the society. prize for the promotion and development of mechanical inventions (awarded in conjunction with the institutes of civil mechanical, and electrical engineers.) ANNUAL MEDAL AWARDED FOR PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH, PLUS AN AWARD OF $100 AND ú1,000 GIFT. MEDAL AWARDED FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN ANY PART OF EUROPE, ESPECIALLY IN HEAT AND LIGHT, PLUS AN AWARD OF ú200. ANNUAL MEDAL FOR CHEMICAL RESEARCH, PLUS AN AWARD OF ú200. MEDAL EVERY FIVE YEARS IN RESPECT OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICES TO HYGIENIC SCIENCE OF PRACTICE, PLUS AN AWARD OF ú200. assist research and education for the advancement of geography in the united kingdom. assist research and education for the advancement of botanical sciences in the united kingdom. advancement of knowledge and benefit of mankind by research whether in the united kingdom or abroad with the object of ascertaining the cause of cancer (including any corresponding or allied disease) and the means of its prevention cure and alleviation. experiment, education and research in the national interests of food production for granting assistance towards the cost of publication of scientific books for blind persons. for expenses incurred in connection with meetings of the international union of pure and applied chemistry in this country. originally to relieve fellows of the admission fee and of part of their increased subscription: no uses for general purposes. to bestow on some one fellow whom they shall appoint to carry on a foreign correspondence the income is now paid annually to the foreign secretary of the society. post-doctoral visiting fellowships between u.k. and australia. income used in aid of medical research, especially in relation to cancer and like diseases. grants for original research in medicine for the discovery of disease, the causes of it, and the relief therefrom. awards for students, under the supervision of the president and council for original research in medicine. to assist in carrying on and continuing magnetical and meteoroligical observations, and other physical investigations at kew observatory. the promotion of scientific research assisting original scientific discovery used to aid scientific workers by adequate payment and by the supply of apparatus and other facilities. promotion of learning and education in science by an award to carry out experimental medical research. income to be used to establish a fellowship to promote research to further the application of physiological principles of medicine. triennial awards towards the promotion of physical science and biology. a reward for important inventions in art or discoveries in scienece, physical and metaphysical. the advancement in england of the science of medicine. original research in the practical sciences and the application of scientific discoveries to industry: also for education. research into the causes of disease and the conditions of healthy life with a view to the prevention and relief of suffering for the encouragement of research in physical science. triennial medal for mathematical research plus an award of $200. ANNUAL MEDAL FOR ORIGINAL DISCOVERY IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE, PARTICULARLY ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, PLUS AN AWARD OF ú200. the furtherance of research into the causes and cure of disease in man and animals. used for the endowment of locke researchships in experimental physiology and pharmacology. furthering natural and physical science and for furthering original research and investigation in pathology. for medical research, with particular reference to tropical diseases, cancer and tuberculosis. annual lecture in the field of microbiology. grants towards the preparation, printing or reprinting of mathematical tables. to meet the cost of annual parsons lecture. (in particular upon the subjects of naval architecture marine engineering, civil electrical and mechanical engineering and optics.) medal and gift. the payment of pensions for servants of the society. for the general purposes of the society part of the income may be used in meeting expenses incurred by the director of the national physical laboratory. used to aid the furtherance of scientific research and other scientific objects at the council's discretion. research in natural science, more particularly, but not exclusively in chemistry and physics. the furtherance of experimental research in pathology, physics, physiology, chemistry. to provide a travelling studentship in oceanography and limnology. annual lecture on electrical science and technology. furtherance of scientific research especially in fields of physical and inorganic chemistry and horticultral science. research in u.k. on biochemistry of plants and simpler forms of animal life. research in fields of physical and chemical oceanography, marine geophysics and geology. ANNUAL MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE OR ENGINEERING OR TECHNOLOGY LEADING DIRECTLY TO NATIONAL PROSPERITY IN THE U.K. PLUS AN AWARD OF ú1000. for the advancement of science and as far as possible, for the advancement of chemical science. the promotion of learning and education in the field of science for the maintenance of magnetic observations at valencia observatory in ireland. provision of 1) scholarships in experimental research in any branch of the natural sciences with some preferences to physics 2) memorial lecture. promotion or assistance of scientific and medical research projects and publication of the results of such research. to further applied science interests. endowment of senior research fellowships in medical, biological and chemical sciences. for support of education or research in medical, biological and chemical sciences. to assist participation of british subjects in activities arranged for the advancement of quaternary research. to assist research and education for the advancement of optics in the uk. award for original contribution to medical and veterinary sciences published within period of not more than 10 years from date of award; lecture to be given. used to advance natural knowledge as the president and council direct, but principally for the purpose of providing grants to scientists attending scientific meetings. available to fellows and non fellows. for the same purposes as the general travel fund, but available only to non-fellows. 1) to finance the union radio scientific international. 2) the advancement of electronic science. to aid scientific men, and their families as may require financial assistance. to assist school science masters who wish to pursue research. in aid of physical research. research in natural science, with a view to the discovery of new laws and principles for carrying on original scientific research, the object being to promote the discovery of new facts rather than the teaching of what is known. for the support of research in medicine including the sciences on which medical knowledge is based, but particularly with the view to increasing knowledge useful to the investigation or treatment of disease in man or animals. to augment, when necessary, the society's scientific relief fund; otherwise for general purposes of the society. one half the income to augment the scientific relief fund; the other half for the advancement of natural knowledge. to defray the expenses of travelling officially undertaken by officers and fellows on the society's behalf. such charitable purposes as the president and council shall direct. for scientific research in biology, physiology or medicine. furthering fundamental research in all matters pertaining to mining, including ventilation temperature, diseases of miners etc. research in physiology and pharmacology. to aid scientific research & to apply such research in or for industry or industrial development to establish and maintain a wolfson research professorship of the royal society. for the improvement of natural knowledge the objects of the life science fund are to promote and advance for the general benefit of the public, including the scientific (science, medicine, engineering and technology) community, the study and investigation of, and research into all areas of life sciences and other science at the interface between this area and other areas of science. this shall be done in particular by supporting scientists working in this area, advancing engagement of the public in all matters relating to such science and providing the best possible scientific advice and information to those making policy in the area of life science. the objects of the mathematics and physical science fund are to promote and advance for the general benefit of the public, including the scientific (science, medicine, engineering and technology) community, the study and investigation of, and research into all areas of mathematics and physical science and other science at the interface between this area and other areas of science. this shall be done in particular by supporting scientists working in this area, advancing engagement of the public in all matters relating to such science and providing the best possible scientific advice and information to those making policy in the area of mathematics and physical science. the objects of the general fund are to promote and advance for the general benefit of the public, including the scientific (science, medicine, engineering and technology) community, the efficiency and effectiveness of the royal society and its fellowship. this shall be done in particular by establishing, promoting, supporting and maintaining, for the general benefit of the public and the scientific community, its activities, premises, fixtures and fittings, equipment, libraries and archives, general publications and the history of science. the objects of the international fund are to promote and advance for the general benefit of the public, including the scientific (science, medicine, engineering and technology) community, the study and investigation of, and research into all areas of science internationally. this shall be done in particular by promoting and carrying out international scientific collaboration, encouraging international interchange between scientists, advancing the engagement of the public in matters related to such international science, and providing the best possible scientific advice and information on international scientific policy.

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