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2. Such notice shall specify the qualifications of applicants as determined pursuant to clause 4 of the foregoing Declaration of Trust, and also the subject-matter of the research either as set out in paragraph (vi) of clause 1 of the said Declaration of Trust, or as extended under the proviso to the said paragraph (vi), or as limited under clause 7 of the said Declaration of Trust according to any determination thereon of the Council.

3. Applicants for the award may submit either theses specially prepared for the award or copies of published works not specially so prepared, or both as the applicant may think fit.

4. The Council and its assessors will not be limited to consideration of theses so submitted, but may take into account any knowledge that they may have of the research of any applicant or person nominated.

5. A nomination of a person to receive the award will be received from any member of the Council or Fellow of the Institute, but no award shall be finally declared in favour of any person until after his concurrence in the proposed award has been received by the Institute.

6. There shall be published in each volume of the “Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand” a complete list of awards of the T. K. Sidey Summer Time Memorial Medal and Prize. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

F. V.—Government Research Grants.

RULES FOR ADMINISTERING THE GOVERNMENT RESEARCH GRANTS.

All grants shall be subject to the following rules, and each grantee shall be duly informed of that condition :—

1. Every application for a grant shall be made in the first case to a member body and forwarded with the recommendation and comment of that body to the Society, provided that the Council may from time to time on its own initiative suggest subjects for research the investigation of which it deems is desirable, and ask such investigators as it thinks fit to undertake such researches, the Society voting from its fund for research grants provision to defray the cost of apparatus, material, and working-expenses, including assistance. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

2. All instruments, specimens, objects, or materials of permanent value whether purchased or obtained out of or by means of the grant or supplied from among those already at the disposal of the Society are to be regarded, unless the Research Grants Committee decide otherwise, as the property of the Society, and are to be returned by the grantee for disposal according to the orders of the committee at the conclusion of his research or at such times as the committee may determine.

3. Every grantee shall furnish to the Research Grants Committee on or before the 31st March following upon the allotment of the grant a report (or, if the object of the grant be not attained, an interim report to be renewed at the same date in each subsequent year until a final report can be furnished or the committee dispense with further reports) containing—(a) A brief statement showing the results arrived at or the stage which the inquiry has reached; (b) a general statement of the expenditure incurred, accompanied as far as possible with vouchers; (c) a list of the instruments, specimens, objects, or materials purchased or obtained out of of the grant or supplied by the committee which are at present in his possession; and (d) reference to any Transactions, journals, or other publications in which results of the research have been printed. In the event of a grantee failing to send in within three months of the said 31st March a report satisfactory to the committee he may be required on resolution of the Council to return the whole of the sum allotted to him.

4. Where a grant is made to two or more persons acting as a committee for the purpose of carrying out some research, one member of the said committee shall assume the responsibility of furnishing the report and receiving and disbursing the money.

5. Papers in which results are published that have been obtained through aid furnished by the Government grant shall contain an acknowledgment of that fact.

6. Every grantee shall before any of the grant is paid to him be required to sign an engagement that he is prepared to carry out the general conditions applicable to all grants, as well as any conditions which may be attached to his particular grant.

7. In cases where specimens or preparations of permanent value are obtained through a grant, the committee shall as far as possible direct that such specimens shall be deposited in a museum or University college within the province where the specimens or material were obtained or in which the grantee has worked. The acknowledgment of the receipt of the specimens by such institution shall fully satisfy the claims of the Society.

8. In cases where after completion of a research the committee directs that any instrument or apparatus obtained by means of the grant shall be deposited in an institution of higher learning, such deposit shall be subject to an annual report from the institution in question as to the condition of the instrument or apparatus and as to the use that has been made of it.

9. Grants shall be given preferentially to investigations which appear to have an economic bearing; purely scientific investigations to be by no means excluded. When the research is one that leads to a direct economic advance, the Government shall reserve to itself the right of patenting the discovery and of rewarding the discoverer, but it is to be understood that grants from the research-grant vote are not in the nature of a reward or a prize but for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the research worker, including salary or endowment of assistant, but not salary for the grantee himself. Plants, books, apparatus, chemicals, &c., purchased for applicants are to remain the property of the Society and eventually to form a loan collection in the manner now practised by the Royal Society of London. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

10. In the case of a refusal to recommend a grant the Standing Committee shall not give any reason for its refusal unless such reason is stated in the minutes of the Standing Committee’s meeting. (Gazetted 28/5/25.)

NOTE.—As to consequential alterations made in these Rules, see head-note on page .

F. VI.—Carter Bequest.

G.—RELATING TO FELLOWS AND HONORARY MEMBERS.

G. I.—Fellows.

[The original Fellows numbered twenty, and included in the first place those past Presidents and Hutton and Hector Medallists who held their distinctions and positions prior to 3rd February, 1919, and who at that date were members of the New Zealand Institute. The remaining Original Fellows were nominated as provided for in the rules then in force and elected by the said past Presidents and Hector and Hutton Medallists.]

1. The Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand shall be an honour conferred for distinction in research and the advancement of knowledge. (Adopted 30/10/35.)

2. The total number of Fellows at any time shall not be more than forty. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)

3. The official abbreviation of the title “Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand” shall be F.R.S.N.Z. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 16/5/24.)

4. Not more than four Fellows shall be elected in any one year. The number of those who may be elected in any year shall be decided by the Council at the previous annual meeting, but the Council shall not thereby be compelled to elect that number.

5. No person shall be nominated or elected as Fellow unless he has been a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand for three years immediately preceding his nomination or for five years at any period preceding his nomination. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)

6. The election of Fellows shall be determined as follows:—
   (a) Each of the member bodies at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin may nominate not more than twice as many persons as there are vacancies, and each of the other member bodies may nominate as many persons as there are vacancies. Each nomination must be accompanied by a statement limited to one foolscap sheet of typewritten matter of the qualifications of the candidate for Fellowship. When a candidate is nominated by more than one member body it shall be sufficient to utilize the information supplied by one member body. The consent of the candidate must be obtained in writing. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 24/5/25.)

(b) Six months before the annual meeting the names of the nominees shall be submitted to the Fellows resident in New Zealand who shall indicate by voting their choice of new Fellows. (Gazetted 4/9/19, and amended 14/5/32.)

(c) The final recommendation for the Fellowships shall be made to the Council by a selection committee of five Fellows chosen by the Council as being of recognized scientific attainments and representative of the various branches of science. (Adopted 19/5/32.)

(d) The Fellowship Selection Committee shall not be limited in its recommendations and the Council shall not be wholly limited in its selection of Fellows to such persons as have been nominated by member bodies. This committee shall meet and discuss the qualifications of the candidates, with due regard to their scientific attainments to the preferences of the Fellows and to the due representation of the various branches of science. One member of this Committee shall retire every year, the Standing Committee formulating the necessary arrangements. (Adopted 19/5/32 and 30/5/35.)

(e) The election of Fellows shall take place at the annual meeting of the Council of the Society. (Gazetted 4/9/19.)