RESEARCH WORK.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 128, 12 March 1935, Page 6

RESEARCH WORK.

FELLOWSHIP AND SCHOLARSHIP GIFT TO THE UNIVERSITY. (Per Preps Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Lord Bledisloe announced at the State luncheon, at the request of the donor, Mr George Shirtchtfe, the establishment, by deed of trust executed last Friday, of a fellowship, a research scholarship, and a bursary, to be awarded annually to University graduates in science, art, commerce, agriculture, or law resident in the Dominion, The purpose is to enable students of outstanding ability and character to continue their studies, who would otherwise, through lack of means, be unable to do so. The fellowship will he of the value of £250, tenable for two years, and available to graduates holding a master’s degree, and is intended to enable the holder to pursue in the British Empire some definite research or advanced study. The object of the research scholarship, which will be the value of £IOO, and tenable for one year, is to permit the holder, holding like degree, to pursue research in the Dominion. A bursary, of the value of £75, will be open to candidates holding the Bachelor’s degree, to enable them to proceed to the Master’s degree m New Zealand.