Chapter 332 Royal Academy of Sciences

When Arthur met technical experts from various European countries, a smile appeared on his face from time to time. new

All the European powers combined provided Australasia with thousands of technical experts.

These technical experts cover almost many fields, including military industry, warships, chemical industry, medical treatment, and even talents in physics and chemistry.

After this transaction, Australasia's high-level talent reserve has become richer, and it has also brought Australasia's heritage closer and closer to the European powers.

There are so many talents that the Royal Physical Research Society alone can no longer manage them. After discussions with Einstein, Stella and others, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences was formally established.

The Royal Academy, as its name suggests, will bring together all the best minds in Australasia. No matter which aspect, as long as you have outstanding contributions and achievements in your field, you can join the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences and become an academician of the Academy of Sciences.

According to the hierarchy of the Royal Academy of Sciences, it starts from the lowest level of first-level academician, to second-level academician, third-level academician, honorary associate member, associate member, honorary president, and president.

The level of academician is theoretically equivalent to the status of mayor, the level of vice-chancellor is theoretically equivalent to the status of governor, and the level of dean is theoretically equivalent to the status of cabinet minister.

Of course, these are only theoretical administrative levels. Although academicians of the Academy of Sciences have such administrative status, they certainly will not have the actual power of a mayor, governor or even that minister.

The reason why Arthur gave these experts and talents a higher administrative status was actually to improve the status of all scientific researchers in the private sector and to make scientific researchers a target that everyone in Australasia wanted to be.

Science and education can rejuvenate the country. If you want Australasia to maintain its status as a great power, or even attack the status and strength of the top powers, then the reserve of top talents in Australasia, as well as the country and government and even all Australasians, must The attention paid by scientific researchers and science and technology has become a very important foundation.

In current Australasia, there are almost three ways to successfully obtain a knighthood.

The first is to join the army and make a vital role and contribution in a war that is related to the country's major interests or even the country's life and death. Such merit can naturally lead to a knighthood.

In addition, the second method is to join the army of scientific researchers. As long as you can develop a technology that can change an industry in Australasia, or the technology you research has important strategic significance for Australasia, you may also receive medals and knighthoods. new

In addition, the third method is suitable for everyone except military personnel and scientific researchers. As long as you make significant contributions to the royal family and the national government, when medals are not enough to compensate and reward you, the title you receive is a matter of course.

In addition to these three ways, there is another way to obtain a title, which is to give birth to a good child and become Arthur's child.

As Arthur's children, William and Anna will definitely receive knighthoods. However, because the two little ones are still very young, Arthur has no plans to grant them knighthoods for the time being.

There are three ways that ordinary people can obtain titles, and the one with the highest risk factor is definitely the first one.

In any case, the military in this era is definitely not low in danger in war.

Whether it is heavy machine guns, artillery bombings in World War I, or tanks and aircraft in World War II, they are all powerful weapons that can easily harvest the lives of soldiers.

If you want to obtain a title based on military merit, in addition to having extraordinary abilities, you must also have relatively strong luck. Not only must you avoid artillery and machine gun fire on the battlefield, but you must also avoid stray bullets that fly by from time to time during the war.

The remaining two are very difficult, but becoming a scientific researcher is slightly less difficult.

Of course, this does not mean that it is easy to develop a technology that can change Australasia.

In fact, the real reason is that it is difficult for ordinary people in Australasia to get in touch with Arthur. If they want to make a significant contribution to the royal family and the government, there is no way or method.

In comparison, as long as you successfully graduate from university and become a scientific researcher, you can invest in scientific research and development in related industries.

As long as the ability is sufficient, it may not be impossible to develop powerful technology.

In addition to their due status, all members of the Royal Academy of Sciences will also receive extremely generous benefits.

In theory, academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences can work part-time at various universities and have their own independent research projects.

In addition, salaries at the Royal Academy of Sciences are also high. After the original Royal Physical and Chemical Research Society was expanded into the Royal Academy of Sciences, the salaries of academicians of the Academy of Sciences were also increased.

In terms of basic salary alone, a first-level academician earns AU$1,200, a second-level academician earns AU$1,800, a third-level academician earns AU$2,800, an honorary vice president earns AU$3,800, a vice president earns AU$4,000, an honorary dean earns AU$5,500, and a dean earns AU$6,000.

Judging from the basic income of scientific researchers alone, the income of academicians of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences is not much different from that of experts in European countries.

If income from various research and part-time jobs are included, the income of academicians of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences may not be lower than that of famous European experts.

Europe dispatched more than 100 research talents engaged in various scientific research work.

These talents are scattered in many fields such as physics, chemistry, medicine, technology, etc., but they are all talents urgently needed by Arthur and Australasia.

Unsurprisingly, these more than one hundred talents were drawn into the Royal Academy of Sciences by Arthur, which also made the size of the Royal Academy of Sciences exceed two hundred, or 221 to be precise.

Among them, there are 155 first-level academicians, 58 second-level academicians, and 1 third-level academician and dean.

The president of the Royal Academy of Sciences was naturally Einstein, the former president of the Royal Society for Physical and Chemical Research, and the vice president of the Royal Academy of Sciences was Tesla.

Mainly among the 221 talents of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the ones Arthur was familiar with and the ones with the greatest reputations were Einstein and Tesla.

Although others also have a certain degree of popularity, they are still far behind Einstein and Tesla.

Of course, there are still many promotion channels for the Royal Academy of Sciences. In addition to producing recognized scientific research results, the contribution to the Academy of Sciences and the royal family, and the profits brought by the research results to the Academy of Sciences and the royal family can further advance the academicians' level. .

However, after the Royal Institute of Physical and Chemical Research was upgraded to the Royal Academy of Sciences, the number of people has tripled, which also means that the Royal Academy's annual research funds will also increase a lot.

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Theoretically speaking, although the number of people has tripled, because most of them are first-class academicians, it can also be calculated based on the previous research funding of 30,000 Australian dollars per capita of the Physical and Chemical Research Association.

Calculating this, the annual research funding of the Royal Academy of Sciences is about 6 million to 7 million Australian dollars, which is considered a large expense.

Although Arthur's royal consortium can afford this expenditure, it cannot allow these technical experts to obtain these scientific research budgets without restraint.

In order to cope with the Royal Academy of Sciences' upcoming surge in research budgets, after discussing with Einstein and Tesla, Arthur decided to implement a policy at the Royal Academy of Sciences.

First, the research budget of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences is divided according to the current academician level.

According to the level of academicians, first-level academicians can apply for a maximum of AU$10,000 in research funds each year, second-level academicians can apply for AU$20,000, third-level academicians can apply for AU$30,000, and honorary vice presidents and vice presidents can apply. Fifty thousand Australian dollars.

As for the highest-ranking honorary deans and associate deans, they can apply for research funds of no more than 100,000 Australian dollars.

Of course, academicians can also apply for research funds according to their research projects. Depending on the estimated research time required for each research project, you can apply for research funds ranging from one month to two years.

This also means that first-level academicians can apply for up to AU$20,000 if they apply for research funds based on projects.

Although in theory, academicians’ applications for research funds will basically not be rejected. However, if the research of the previous year or the previous project fails, the research funds for the next year or the next project will be cut in half until the project research is successful.

This can also ensure that the research funds of the Royal Academy of Sciences are used in the right way. Technical experts who are not very sure about the research project should also consider whether their reckless behavior will cause their research funds for the next year or the next project to be damaged. It's time to cut back.

Arthur is not afraid of these experts spending money, but Arthur also does not want to let these experts slack off because it is too easy to obtain scientific research budgets, or even affect the progress of scientific research work.

Although research budgets will be subject to certain cuts, for truly capable talents such as Einstein and Tesla, the research budget will not be affected.

Those most affected should be the largest number of first-level academicians in the Academy of Sciences, that is, ordinary European scientific research experts.

However, even for the most ordinary first-level academician, the annual research budget of 10,000 Australian dollars is equivalent to 5,000 pounds and 25,000 US dollars. In fact, it is not a small amount.

It's just that Arthur's family has a big business, so in Arthur's view, this ten thousand Australian dollars is nothing.

Looking at the whole of Australasia, there are definitely no more than 1,000 people with an annual income of more than 10,000 Australian dollars.

Even excluding the royal family, it is estimated that apart from the top government officials, only the top capitalists in Australasia have an annual income of more than 10,000 Australian dollars.

But unfortunately, in Australasia, whether they are top officials or top capitalists at the highest level, the number of these people is very small, and definitely does not even exceed two hundred.

By comparison, a first-level academician can receive a research budget of A$10,000 per year, which is definitely not a small amount.

The money they consume every year is even a huge amount of money that would take an average Australasian family fifty years to earn back.

If you include a family's food, clothing, housing, transportation and various expenses, I am afraid that these 10,000 Australian dollars will take a family hundreds of years to make money.

Of course, although the research budget of ordinary scientific researchers has been reduced to a certain extent, for middle and upper-level scientific researchers, this budget reduction is not actually important.

After all, most of the projects that these academicians are asked to study alone are just small projects. Theoretically, the cost of these projects is not too large, and it is no problem to save a province of 10,000 Australian dollars.

For those large-scale projects that often involve dozens of academicians, Arthur has also set up special large-scale project research funds.

Theoretically, second-level academicians can apply to join other first- and second-level academicians to study a medium-sized scientific research project.

The research budget for medium-sized scientific research projects is generally around AU$50,000, and may be increased appropriately if there are special circumstances.

Starting from the third-level academician, you can apply to join other academicians to conduct research on large projects.

Third-level academicians can apply for up to AU$100,000 in research funds for large-scale projects, and large-scale projects at the associate dean level can apply for up to AU$200,000 in research funds. As for the dean level, you can apply for research funding of A$500,000.

Of course, these research funds are only theoretical values. The actual situation varies, and the theoretical research funding will be increased to a certain extent, but it will not be doubled at most.

In addition to the above, after successful project research, academicians will also receive varying amounts of rewards based on the level of project review by the Royal Academy of Sciences.

If it is an ordinary project, the reward generally ranges from one thousand to several thousand Australian dollars. If the project is important to Australasia, the award funds are generally around A$10,000 to A$30,000.

As for those projects with extremely important strategic value that can change an industry in Australasia, the reward funds for these projects do not have a theoretical valuation, which depends on Arthur's mood at the time.

But no matter what, once such an extremely important project is successfully researched, the reward will definitely not be less than other projects, and even various medals and knighthood awards are not impossible.

Because of these various incentive policies, the salary of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences is much higher than the basic salary.

This is also a gift prepared by Arthur for scientific researchers. As long as they are working for Australasia, they are important talents in Arthur's heart, and they will naturally be rewarded to a certain extent.

Of course, in addition to the above various funds and policies, all academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences will receive a villa near the Royal Academy of Sciences and a Benz One produced by the Benz Automobile Factory.

If the academicians cannot drive, employees from the automobile factory can come to their homes for personal training, or they can ask the Royal Academy to hire drivers for them.

Anyway, the salary of a driver is only fifty Australian dollars. For the Royal Academy of Sciences, allowing an academician to quickly travel between his residence and the Royal Academy of Sciences and better devote himself to his work is much more important than these tens of Australian dollars. .

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