Commonwealth Grant to Australian Universities

Abstract

UNDER the Australian federal system, public education is a function of the State Governments, and the six universities look to these bodies for financial support. Five years ago, however, the Commonwealth Government undertook a share of this responsibility by providing £30,000 a year to meet costs of research in the natural sciences and in economics, and of training young graduatee in research technique. The funds are administered by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in consultation with the Vice–Chancellors' Conference. The Commonwealth has now announced its intention to raise its contribution to £40,000 a year, commencing in 1942, on condition that at least £9,000 a year be devoted to social science studies bearing on problems of post–war reconstruction.