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BY Order in Council of July 28, 1915, the Committee of the Privy Council for Scientific and Industrial Research was established “to direct, subject to such conditions as the Treasury may from time to time prescribe, the application of any sums of money provided by Parliament for the organisation and development of scientific and industrial research.” The Order in Council further provided that there should be an Advisory Council to which should stand referred, for its report and recommendation, proposals—(1) for instituting specific researches; (2) for establishing or developing special institutions or departments of existing institutions for the scientific study of problems affecting particular industries and trades; and (3) for the establishment and award of research studentships and fellowships.
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WILLIAMSON, J. The State and Productive Research1. Nature 114, 705–707 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114705a0
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