REGULATIONS RELATIVE TO GRANTS FOR RESEARCH

Adopted 1904

(1) Applications for grants may be made at any time, and should be addressed to Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D. C.

(2) Applications will usually be referred to experts representing the field in which the proposed research lies, before being acted upon by the Executive Committee.

(3) Notice of action on applications for grants will be given as promptly as possible. Reasons for declining grants will not usually be assigned.

(4) Recipients of grants will be required to render a general statement of expenditures at the termination of the research. The Institution reserves the right, in cases where for any reason it is considered desirable, to require by agreement in advance that detailed vouchers be rendered for all expenses incurred.

(5) Where grants are to be used for apparatus, books, extensive collections, or the like, such material shall be the property of the Institution and subject to its disposal.

(6) It is expected that the Institution will be given the option of first publishing the final result of the research, and that in any publication due acknowledgment will be made of the aid given by the Institution.

(7) The purposes to which it is proposed to apply a grant should be stated as definitely as possible in the application. Should the direction of the research be materially changed during its progress by unforeseen circumstances or opportunities, the Institution must be so informed. The Institution reserves the right to require that application for a new grant be made in case of wide departure from the original purpose of the investigation.

(8) Any part of an appropriation not used for completing the investigation for which the grant was made shall be returned to the Institution.

(9) Payments of grants will, in general, be made monthly, but may be made at other periods by agreement.

(10) The making of a grant does not entitle the recipient to bind said Carnegie Institution of Washington in any form, nor shall the Institution be liable in any way for any other or further amount.

Adopted 1904