Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award
The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award is an award to outstanding scientists holding posts at UK universities. It is administered by the Royal Society and jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK Office of Science and Technology, this scheme aims "to give universities additional support to attract key researchers, with great potential or outstanding achievement, to this country or to retain those who might seek to gain higher salaries elsewhere" [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/funding.asp?id=1127] .
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* [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/funding.asp?id=1127 Details on Royal Society web site]
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